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  • Screens Associated Diseases


    MPS screen (urine) —
    Performed in the Metabolic Laboratory


    MPS I (Hurler syndrome, Scheie syndrome)
    MPS II (Hunter syndrome)
    MPS IIIA (Sanfilippo syndrome A)
    MPS IIIB (Sanfilippo syndrome B)
    MPS IIIC (Sanfilippo syndrome C)
    MPS IIID (Sanfilippo syndrome D)
    MPS IVA (Morquio syndrome A)
    MPS IVB (Morquio syndrome B)
    MPS VI (Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome)
    MPS VII (Sly syndrome)


    Neurolipidoses
    (lysosomal enzyme) screen


    Acid lipase deficiency (Wolman disease)
    Fucosidosis
    Gaucher disease
    GM1-gangliosidosis
    Krabbe disease
    α-Mannosidosis
    Metachromatic leucodystrophy
    MPS VII
    Mucolipidosis type II (I-cell disease)
    Mucolipidosis type III
    Niemann-Pick disease, types A & B
    Sandhoff disease
    Schindler’s disease
    Tay-Sachs disease


    Oligosaccharide screen
    (urine)


    Aspartylglucosaminuria
    Fucosidosis
    Galactosialidosis
    GM1 gangliosidosis
    GM2 gangliosidosis type 2
    α-mannosidosis
    Mucolipidosis type II (I-cell disease)
    Mucolipidosis type III
    Sialic acid storage disease
    Sialidosis




    Test Associated Disease(s)


    N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulphatase


    MPS VI (Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome)


    N-acetylgalactose-6-sulphatase


    MPS IVA (Morquio syndrome A)


    N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulphatase


    MPS IIID (Sanfilippo syndrome D)


    α-N-acetylglucosaminidase


    MPS IIIB (Sanfilippo syndrome B)


    Arylsulphatase A


    Metachromatic leucodystrophy


    Aspartamido-ß-acetylglucosaminidase


    Aspartylglucosaminuria


    Bile acid intermediates


    Peroxisomal biogenesis disorders
    Isolated peroxisomal b-oxidation disorders


    Bile alcohols


    Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis


    Branching enzyme


    GSD IV (Andersen disease)


    Carnitine palmitoyl transferase (CPT) I (Metabolic laboratory)


    CPT I deficiency


    Carnitine palmitoyl transferase (CPT) II (Metabolic laboratory)


    CPT II deficiency


    Ceramidase


    Farber’s disease


    Cholesterol esterification


    Niemann-Pick disease, type C


    14C-citrulline metabolism


    Citrullinaemia


    35S-cysteine metabolism


    Cystinosis


    Debrancher enzyme


    GSD III (Cori disease)


    7-dehydrocholesterol


    Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome


    Dihydroxyacetonephosphate acyl transferase


    Peroxisomal biogenesis disorders
    Isolated plasmalogen synthesis disorders


    Dihydroxyacetonephosphate alkyl synthase


    Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata
    Peroxisomal biogenesis disorders
    Isolated plasmalogen synthesis disorders


    Filipin staining


    Niemann-Pick disease, type C


    α-fucosidase


    Fucosidosis


    β-galactocerebrosidase


    Krabbe disease


    Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase


    Galactosaemia prenatal analysis


    α-galactosidase


    Fabry disease


    β-galactosidase


    Galactosialidosis
    GM1-gangliosidosis
    MPS IVB (Morquio syndrome B)


    β-glucocerebrosidase


    Gaucher disease


    Glucosamine-N-acetyltransferase


    MPS IIIC (Sanfilippo syndrome C)


    Glucose-6-phosphatase


    Glycogen storage disease (GSD) type Ia


    α-1,4-glucosidase


    GSD II (Pompe disease)


    β-glucuronidase


    MPS VII (Sly syndrome)


    Glycerol kinase


    Glycerol kinase deficiency


    Alanine:glyoxalate (glutamate:glyoxylate) aminotransferases


    Hyperoxaluria, type I


    β-hexosaminidase A


    Tay-Sachs disease


    Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase


    Lesch-Nyhan syndrome


    Iduronate-2-sulphatase


    MPS II (Hunter syndrome)


    α-L-iduronidase


    MPS I (Hurler syndrome, Scheie syndrome)


    [1-14C]-leucine metabolism


    Maple syrup urine disease


    [2-14C]-leucine metabolism


    Isovaleric acidaemia


    Liver phosphorylase


    GSD VI (Hers disease)


    α-mannosidase

    α-mannosidosis


    Microvillar enzyme studies


    Cystic fibrosis prenatal analysis


    Muscle phosphorylase


    GSD V (McArdle disease)


    Neuraminidase


    Galactosialidosis
    Sialidosis


    Ornithine transcarbamylase


    Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency


    Phophomannose isomerase


    CDG Ib


    Phosphmannomutase


    CDG Ia


    Phosphorylase ‘b’ kinase


    GSD VIII


    Phytanic acid


    Refsum disease (adult form)
    Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata
    Peroxisomal biogenesis disorders


    Phytanic acid oxidation


    Refsum disease (adult form)
    Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata
    Peroxisomal biogenesis disorders


    Plasmalogens


    Peroxisomal biogenesis disorders Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata


    Sialic acid


    Sialic acid storage disease


    Sphingomyelinase


    Niemann-Pick disease, types A & B


    Steroid sulphatase


    Ichthyosis, X-linked


    Sulphamidase


    MPS IIIA (Sanfilippo syndrome A)


    Total hexosaminidase


    Sandhoff disease


    Transferrin isoform analysis


    Congenital defects of glycosylation (CDG)


    Tripeptidyl peptidase I


    Late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis


    Very long chain fatty acid ratios


    Adrenoleucodystrophy
    Isolated peroxisomal b-oxidation disoders
    Peroxisomal biogenesis disorders



    Molecular analyses:

    Molecular analyses are carried out for a number of the diseases listed above plus:

    Cystic fibrosis

    Canavan disease

    Galactoseamia (Clasical form and Duarte variant)

    Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

    Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

    Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency

    Long chain hydroxyacyl-CoA dehrdrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency


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