Later-onset Pompe disease: early detection and early treatment initiation enabled by newborn screening

YH Chien, NC Lee, HJ Huang, BL Thurberg… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether newborn screening facilitates early detection and
thereby early treatment initiation for later-onset Pompe disease. STUDY DESIGN: We have …

A retrospective, multinational, multicenter study on the natural history of infantile-onset Pompe disease

PS Kishnani, WL Hwu, H Mandel, M Nicolino… - The Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the natural progression of infantile-onset Pompe disease.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart reviews of 168 patients with documented acid α …

Management of confirmed newborn-screened patients with Pompe disease across the disease spectrum

DF Kronn, D Day-Salvatore, WL Hwu, SA Jones… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
After a Pompe disease diagnosis is confirmed in infants identified through newborn
screening (NBS), when and if to start treatment with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with …

Very early treatment for infantile-onset Pompe disease contributes to better outcomes

CF Yang, CC Yang, HC Liao, LY Huang… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate whether very early treatment in our patients would result in better
clinical outcomes and to compare these data with other infantile-onset Pompe disease …

Early detection of Pompe disease by newborn screening is feasible: results from the Taiwan screening program

YH Chien, SC Chiang, XK Zhang, J Keutzer… - …, 2008 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE. Pompe disease is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder that is
caused by deficient acid α-glucosidase activity and results in progressive, debilitating, and …

Pompe disease in infants: improving the prognosis by newborn screening and early treatment

YH Chien, NC Lee, BL Thurberg, SC Chiang… - …, 2009 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Pompe disease causes progressive, debilitating, and often life-threatening
musculoskeletal, respiratory, and cardiac symptoms. Favorable outcomes with early …

Newborn screening for Pompe disease: synthesis of the evidence and development of screening recommendations

AR Kemper, WL Hwu, M Lloyd-Puryear… - Pediatrics, 2007 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND. Pompe disease is a lysosomal storage disorder that leads to the
accumulation of glycogen and subsequently to muscle weakness, organ damage, and …

A large‐scale nationwide newborn screening program for Pompe disease in Taiwan: Towards effective diagnosis and treatment

CF Yang, HC Liu, TR Hsu, FC Tsai… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to:(a) analyze the results of a large‐scale newborn screening
program for Pompe disease, and (b) establish an effective diagnostic protocol to obtain …

The first year experience of newborn screening for Pompe disease in California

H Tang, L Feuchtbaum, S Sciortino, J Matteson… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The California Department of Public Health started universal newborn screening for Pompe
disease in August 2018 with a two-tier process including:(1) acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) …

Long-term prognosis of patients with infantile-onset Pompe disease diagnosed by newborn screening and treated since birth

YH Chien, NC Lee, CA Chen, FJ Tsai, WH Tsai… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the benefit of newborn screening for the long-term prognosis of
patients with classic infantile-onset Pompe disease (IOPD). Study design A cohort of patients …