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

• Main Authors: Miloš Brkušanin (Author), Nemanja Garai (Author), Jelena Karanović (Author), Tamara Šljivančanin Jakovljević (Author), Aleksandra Dimitrijević (Author), Kristina Jovanović (Author), Tanja Lazić Mitrović (Author), Željko Miković (Author), Goran Brajušković (Author), Dimitrije Mihailo Nikolić (Author), Dušanka Savić-Pavićević (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...