Chien Yin-Hsiu, Hwu Wuh-Liang, Lee Ni-Chung
Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ann Transl Med. 2019 Jul;7(13):281. doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.05.47.
Newborn screening (NBS) aims to diagnose patients with Pompe disease earlier so that timely treatment can be applied. We describe the evolution of the screening methods in Taiwan with a population in which a pseudodeficiency variant is prevalent. We review and update the outcome of NBS-identified patients and discuss the limitations of the current therapy. We also address the challenges associated with caring for the babies with diagnosed acid alpha-glucosidase deficiency but yet without significant clinical manifestations. Further modifications of the current treatment and better predictive biomarkers should be explored.
新生儿筛查(NBS)旨在更早地诊断庞贝病患者,以便能够及时进行治疗。我们描述了在一个假性缺陷变异普遍存在的人群中台湾地区筛查方法的演变。我们回顾并更新了经新生儿筛查确诊患者的治疗结果,并讨论了当前治疗的局限性。我们还探讨了照顾已确诊为酸性α-葡萄糖苷酶缺乏但尚无明显临床表现婴儿所面临的挑战。应探索对当前治疗方法的进一步改进以及更好的预测性生物标志物。