Health services use among children diagnosed with medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency through newborn screening: a cohort study in Ontario, Canada.
Maria D KaraceperSara D KhanguraKumanan WilsonDoug CoyleMarni BrownellChristine DaviesLinda DoddsAnnette FeigenbaumDeshayne B FellScott D GrosseAstrid GuttmannSteven HawkenRobin Z HayeemsJonathan B KronickAnne-Marie LabergeJulian LittleAizeddin MhanniJohn J MitchellMeranda NakhlaMurray PotterChitra PrasadCheryl Rockman-GreenbergRebecca SparkesSylvia StocklerKeiko UedaHilary VallanceBrenda J WilsonPranesh ChakrabortyBeth K Potternull nullPublished in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases (2019)
This study confirms that young children with MCAD deficiency use health services more frequently than the general population throughout the first few years of life. Rates of service use in this population gradually diminish after 24 months of age.
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