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Conditions the heel prick screens for

Heel prick screening checks for 9 rare but serious conditions in babies. It is also known as 'newborn bloodspot screening'.

  1. Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (ADA-SCID)
  2. Classical Galactosaemia
  3. Congenital hypothyroidism (CHT)
  4. Cystic fibrosis (CF)
  5. Glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA1)
  6. Homocystinuria (HCU)
  7. Maple syrup urine disease
  8. Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD)
  9. Phenylketonuria (PKU)

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