Results of the Hungarian Newborn Screening Pilot Program for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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The growing need to identify spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients as early as possible has shifted attention to newborn screening (NBS). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possibility of including the SMA-NBS in the Hungarian screening panel. As the first step, a government-funded pilot program started in November 2022 and continued until the end of 2023. Evaluation of the first 14 months was...

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