The Impact of Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Описание: Dr. Hugh McMillan, Pediatric Neurologist
at McGill University Health Centre, has
worked in a province that screens and
one that didn’t until recently.

“I used to see children who were born
with SMA and had developed symptoms.
By offering therapies, I could stop the
progress of their disease and offer modest
clinical benefit. But I was not able to offer
them the same chance to sit, walk or run
that they would have had the diagnosis
taken place shortly after birth,” said Dr.
McMillan.

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