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Medium-chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency Identified by MS/MS Newborn Screening Challenges Cover

Medium-chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency Identified by MS/MS Newborn Screening Challenges

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|Dec 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Screening protocol for MCAD deficiency. C6, C8, C10 concentrations were determined and expressed in μmol/L, MSMS - tandem mass spectrometry, MRM - Multiple Reaction Monitoring, GC-MS - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry.

Figure 2.

Octanoylcarnitine (C8) concentrations in typical MCAD cases (group mean) versus the atypical case, plotted by the day of life at sampling.

C8 levels for typical MCAD cases from our cohort in newborn screening (first and second dried blood spot samples)_

Sample collection day of lifeNumber of casesReference range ≤1 month (µmol/L)Mean (µmol/L)SD (µmol/L)Median (µmol/L)Q1 (µmol/L)Q3 (µmol/L)
361≤ 0.277.935.776.283.0012.06
423 6.064.114.313.347.32
53 2.210.502.151.952.44
812 1.630.631.581.271.84
98 1.630.491.611.491.86
105 1.880.601.531.502.30
1112 1.741.211.611.142.16
1212 1.290.951.460.371.85

Results of the newborn with an atypical MCAD acylcarnitine profile_

AcylcarnitneMS/MS test

5 dayReference range ≤1 month34 day52 dayReference range >1 month
C6 (µmol/L)0.16≤ 0.260.890.77≤ 0.42
C8 (µmol/L)0.78≤ 0.275.613.30≤ 0.68
C10 (µmol/L)0.11≤ 0.450.340.28≤ 1.20
C8/C10 (ratio)7.15≤ 3.1016.6011.80≤ 2.76
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34763/jmotherandchild.20252901.d-25-00025 | Journal eISSN: 2719-535X | Journal ISSN: 2719-6488
Language: English
Page range: 227 - 233
Submitted on: Jul 18, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 29, 2025
Published on: Dec 4, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Ewa Głąb-Jabłońska, Joanna Taybert, Anna Wiśniewska, Mariola Sasin-Rokita, Mariusz Ołtarzewski, Magdalena Chełchowska, published by Institute of Mother and Child
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