Three new therapies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency since 2016. Although these new therapies improve the quality of life of patients who are symptomatic at first treatment, administration before the onset of symptoms is significantly more effective. As a consequence, newborn screening programs have been initiated in several countries. In 2018, we launched a 3-year pilot program to screen newborns for SMA in the Belgian region of Liege. This program was rapidly expanding to all of Southern B... Mehr ...
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Boemer, F.
Caberg, J.H.
Beckers, P.
Dideberg, V.
di Fiore, S.
Bours, V.
Marie, S.
Dewulf, J.
Marcelis, L.
Deconinck, N.
Daron, A.
Blasco-Perez, L.
Tizzano, E.
Hiligsmann, M.
Lombet, J.
Pereira, T.
Lopez-Granados, L.
Shalchian-Tehran, S.
van Assche, V.
Willems, A.
Huybrechts, S.
Mast, B.
van Olden, R.
Dangouloff, T.
Servais, L. |
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2021 |
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Boemer , F , Caberg , J H , Beckers , P , Dideberg , V , di Fiore , S , Bours , V , Marie , S , Dewulf , J , Marcelis , L , Deconinck , N , Daron , A , Blasco-Perez , L , Tizzano , E , Hiligsmann , M , Lombet , J , Pereira , T , Lopez-Granados , L , Shalchian-Tehran , S , van Assche , V , Willems , A , Huybrechts , S , Mast , B , van Olden , R , Dangouloff , T & Servais , L 2021 , ' Three years pilot of spinal muscular atrophy newborn screening turned into official program in Southern Belgium ' , Scientific Reports , vol. 11 , no. 1 , 19922 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99496-2 |
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Englisch |
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