Texas+screening

Texas screens for many disorders. Some are Argininosuccinic acidemia (ASA),Citrullinemia (CIT),Homocystinuria (HCY), Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) and Tyrosinemia (TYR1).

The Texas Newborn Screening Program began slowly in 1963, until the program was legislatively mandated in 1965.

A heel blood sample collected from newborns shortly after birth and again at one to two weeks of age.

Texas currently tests every infant born for 28 disorders.(Fabry disease is not one of these disorders.)

Early detection of these 28 disorderders allows early treatment that can prevent serious complications, such as growth problems, developmental delays, deafness, blindness, intellectual disabilities, seizures, and early death.

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