Newborn Metabolic Screenings in PA, NJ and DE

There are no mandatory newborn screenings on a national level. Instead, each state determines if newborn metabolic screenings must be performed, for which diseases, and how many diseases will be screened.

In Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware, babies who receive abnormal results from these early metabolic screening tests can be referred to the Newborn Metabolic Screening Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

The following is a list of metabolic disorders, the type of disorder, and which states locally require mandatory newborn screening for that disorder.

Condition Type of disorder Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) other yes no no
Argininemia (arginase deficiency) amino acid no yes yes
Argininosuccinic aciduria amino acid yes yes yes
Benign hyperphenylalaninemia (H-PHE) amino acid no yes yes
Beta-ketothiolase deficiency organic acid yes yes yes
Biopterin defect in cofactor biosynthesis amino acid no yes no
Biopterin defect in cofactor regeneration amino acid no yes yes
Biotinidase deficiency other yes yes yes
Carnitine acylcarnitine translocase deficiency (CACT) fatty acid oxidation no yes yes
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I deficiency (CPT1A) fatty acid oxidation no yes no
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency fatty acid oxidation no yes yes
Carnitine uptake defect (CUD) fatty acid oxidation yes yes yes
Citrullinemia type I (CTLN1) amino acid yes yes yes
Citrullinemia type II (CIT II) amino acid no yes yes
Classic galactosemia (type 1 galactosemia) other yes yes yes
Classical phenylketonuria (PKU) amino acid yes yes yes
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) endocrine yes yes yes
Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) other yes yes yes
Cystic fibrosis (CF) other yes yes yes
Fabry disease lysosomal storage yes no no
Galacto epimerase deficiency (GALE) other no yes yes
Galactokinase deficiency (Galactosemia type 2 or GALK) other no yes yes
Gaucher disease lysosomal storage yes no no
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD) hemoglobin yes no no
Glutaric acidemia type I organic acid yes yes yes
Glutaric acidemia type II fatty acid oxidation no yes no
Hearing loss other yes yes yes
Hemoglobinopathies hemoglobin yes yes yes
Holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency (Multiple carboxylase deficiency) organic acid yes yes yes
Homocystinuria (HCY) amino acid yes yes yes
Hypermethioninemia amino acid no yes yes
Isobutyrylglycinuria (IBG) organic acid no yes yes
Isovaleric Acidemia (IVA) organic acid yes yes yes
Krabbe disease (aka Globoid cell leukodystrophy) lysosomal storage yes no no
Long-chain L-3 hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (LCHAD) fatty acid oxidation yes yes yes
Malonic acidemia (MAL) organic acid no yes no
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) amino acid yes yes yes
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCAD) fatty acid oxidation yes yes yes
Medium-chain ketoacyl CoA thiolase deficiency (MCAT) fatty acid oxidation no yes yes
Medium/short-chain L-3 hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (M/SCHAD) fatty acid oxidation no yes no
Methylmalonic acidemia (Cobalamin disorders) organic acid yes yes yes
Methylmalonic acidemia (methymalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency) organic acid yes yes yes
Methylmalonic acidemia with homocystinuria organic acid no yes yes
Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) lysosomal storage yes no no
Niemann-Pick disease lysosomal storage yes no no
Pompe disease (aka Glycogen storage disease type II) lysosomal storage yes no no
Primary congenital hypothyroidism (CH) endocrine yes yes yes
Propionic acidemia organic acid yes yes yes
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) other yes yes yes
Short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency fatty acid oxidation no yes yes
Sickle beta thalassemia hemoglobin yes yes yes
Sickle cell anemia hemoglobin yes yes yes
Sickle cell disease hemoglobin yes yes yes
T-cell related lymphocyte deficiencies other no yes no
Trifunctional Protein Deficiency (TFP) fatty acid oxidation yes yes yes
Tyrosinemia type I (hepatorenal tyrosinemia) amino acid yes yes yes
Tyrosinemia type II (TYR II) amino acid no yes yes
Tyrosinemia type III (TYR III) amino acid no yes yes
Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (VLCAD) fatty acid oxidation yes yes yes
2.4 dienoyl-CoA reductase deficiency endocrine no yes no
2-methyl-3-hydroxybutyric Aciduria organic acid no yes yes
2-Methylbutyryl glycinuria organic acid no yes yes
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria organic acid yes yes yes
3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency organic acid yes yes yes
3-Methylglutaconic Aciduria organic acid no yes yes

Updated: June 2018