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Thanks to This Toddler, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Was Added to the Newborn Screening

Post author:Sunniva Bean
Post published:January 20, 2021
Post category:Spinal Muscular Atrophy

As reported in WTNH; in Stafford Springs, CN, the Pokorny family was rudely awakened to the world of rare diseases when their new daughter Olivia was born with spinal muscular…

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