Puerto Rico
Disorders Screened in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico requires screening for the following diseases:
Residents should seek supplemental screening for the diseases not included in the newborn screening.Congenital
Adrenal Hyperplasia will be added in the near future.
The
Programa
Enfermedades
Hereditarias
(Inherited Diseases Program), with offices at the Puerto Rico Pediatric Hospital
at the General Hospital Center, is in charge of the newborn screening program.
For information please contact the director Pedro Santiago-Borrero
at 787-777-3535 ext. 7013 or 7014, or 787-754-7410.
Newborn Screening
Advisory Committee
Unknown at this time
NBSAC Chairperson
Unknown at this time
NBSAC Meeting Dates
Unknown
at this time
Location of Meetings
Unknown at this time
More Information and Support Resources
-
Puerto Rico Newborn Screening Program Website - under development
- Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Biochemical Genetics
Thanks to Maria-Del-Carmen Gonzáles-Ríos, MD, Clinical Geneticist at
UPR School of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics, Genetic Section, for her help in
compiling this information. Also,
thanks to Eduardo Bravo, newborn screening advocate and resident of Puerto Rico.
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