Our Journey from Individual Efforts to Nationwide Support: Implementing Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Serbia

Innovative treatments for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) yield the utmost advantages only within the presymptomatic phase, underlining the significance of newborn screening (NBS). We aimed to establish statewide NBS for SMA in Serbia. Our stepwise implementation process involved technical validation...

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Published in:	International journal of neonatal screening Vol. 10; no. 3; p. 57
Main Authors:	Brkušanin, Miloš, Garai, Nemanja, Karanović, Jelena, Šljivančanin Jakovljević, Tamara, Dimitrijević, Aleksandra, Jovanović, Kristina, Mitrović, Tanja Lazić, Miković, Željko, Brajušković, Goran, Nikolić, Dimitrije Mihailo, Savić-Pavićević, Dušanka
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI AG 01-09-2024 MDPI
Subjects:	Collaboration Disease prevention Families & family life Feasibility studies feasibility study Genetic counseling Genetic testing Health care Infants (Newborn) Intervention Medical screening Mutation neonatal screening Neonatology newborn screening Obstetrics population screening Proteins Rare diseases Spinal muscular atrophy Serbia Netherlands United States > US motor neuron disease feasibility study genetic testing spinal muscular atrophy SMN1 neonatal screening real-time PCR newborn screening public health population screening
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