MDA Recommends SMA Be Added to Newborn Screening Nationwide
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Many families whose children have spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) endure a long and difficult diagnostic odyssey. This may soon change, however, based on recommendations MDA recently made with a coalition of partners that SMA should be added to the list of conditions newborns are screened for at birth in the United States.