Spinal Muscular Atrophy Diagnosed by Newborn Screening

Matias Lopez-Chacon; Amber N Buehner; Vamshi K Rao

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-33-5

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Diagnosed by Newborn Screening

Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2019 Dec 31:33:5. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-33-5.

Authors

Matias Lopez-Chacon^{1

2}, Amber N Buehner¹, Vamshi K Rao^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
² Department of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Abstract

A panel of experts representing academic centers, family foundations and pharmaceutical industry came together to formulate a treatment algorithm for infants diagnosed via newborn screening (NBS) with Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

Keywords: Guidelines; Newborn Screening; Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

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