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| <span style="font-size:150%">'''News - Australian Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy'''</span> | | <span style="font-size:150%">'''News - Australian Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy'''</span> | ||
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| valign=top| SMA added to newborn heel prick ({{Guthrie test}}) "In an Australian first, newborn babies are now being routinely screened for the genetic condition SMA, or spinal muscular atrophy". SMA leads to a loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting and has several different forms: Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3a SMA. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-14/genetic-testing-sma-added-to-newborn-heel-prick-test/10359622 ABC News] | | valign=top|[[File:Guthrie card.jpg|thumb|link=Guthrie test|NSW Newborn Screening Programme]]SMA added to newborn heel prick ({{Guthrie test}}) "In an Australian first, newborn babies are now being routinely screened for the genetic condition SMA, or spinal muscular atrophy". SMA leads to a loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting and has several different forms: Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3a SMA. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-14/genetic-testing-sma-added-to-newborn-heel-prick-test/10359622 ABC News] | ||
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| News - Australian Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy | |
SMA added to newborn heel prick (Guthrie test) "In an Australian first, newborn babies are now being routinely screened for the genetic condition SMA, or spinal muscular atrophy". SMA leads to a loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting and has several different forms: Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3a SMA. ABC News
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