Nationwide Implementation of Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Canada

Hugh J. McMillan, Homira Osman, Kristin Kernohan, Melanie Lacaria, Stacey Lynn Hume, Andrew Muranyi, Graham Sinclair, Kathryn A. Selby, Yves Giguère, Nick Anthony Antonishyn, Paul Van Caeseele, Cherie Evans, Zaiping Liu, Maryam Oskoui

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DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000200451
Published: 2026-12
Container: Neurology Genetics
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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@article{allodium:10.1212/nxg.0000000000200451,
  title = {Nationwide Implementation of Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Canada},
  author = {Hugh J. McMillan and Homira Osman and Kristin Kernohan and Melanie Lacaria and Stacey Lynn Hume and Andrew Muranyi and Graham Sinclair and Kathryn A. Selby and Yves Giguère and Nick Anthony Antonishyn and Paul Van Caeseele and Cherie Evans and Zaiping Liu and Maryam Oskoui},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Neurology Genetics},
  doi = {10.1212/nxg.0000000000200451},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1212/nxg.0000000000200451}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Nationwide Implementation of Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Canada
AU  - Hugh J. McMillan
AU  - Homira Osman
AU  - Kristin Kernohan
AU  - Melanie Lacaria
AU  - Stacey Lynn Hume
AU  - Andrew Muranyi
AU  - Graham Sinclair
AU  - Kathryn A. Selby
AU  - Yves Giguère
AU  - Nick Anthony Antonishyn
AU  - Paul Van Caeseele
AU  - Cherie Evans
AU  - Zaiping Liu
AU  - Maryam Oskoui
PY  - 2026
JO  - Neurology Genetics
DO  - 10.1212/nxg.0000000000200451
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1212/nxg.0000000000200451
ER  -

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McMillan, H. J., Osman, H., Kernohan, K., Lacaria, M., Hume, S. L., Muranyi, A., Sinclair, G., Selby, K. A., Giguère, Y., Antonishyn, N. A., Caeseele, P. V., Evans, C., Liu, Z., & Oskoui, M. (2026). Nationwide Implementation of Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Canada. Neurology Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1212/nxg.0000000000200451

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