European Alliance for
Newborn Screening in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Opening a new horizon
for children born with spinal muscular atrophy
SMA: Screen at birth, save lives
Identifying children living with SMA through NBS allows for treatment to be started on time, preventing motor neuron death and a life with severe disability or even death.
Learn more about newborn screening for SMA in Europe
Find out more about the status of SMA screening in different countries
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The European Alliance for Newborn Screening in Spinal Muscular Atrophy demands that by 2025, newborn screening programmes in all European countries include a test for spinal muscular atrophy for all newborn children.
