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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2023

Technical feasibility of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy by next-generation DNA sequencing.

Bennett O V Shum, Ilya Henner, Anita Cairns, Carel Pretorius, Urs Wilgen, Paulette Barahona, Jacobus P J Ungerer, Glenn Bennett

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bennett O V ShumPreventive Health Division, Genepath, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Ilya HennerPreventive Health Division, Genepath, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Anita CairnsNeurosciences Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Carel PretoriusDepartment of Chemical Pathology, Pathology Queensland, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Urs WilgenDepartment of Chemical Pathology, Pathology Queensland, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Paulette BarahonaPreventive Health Division, Genepath, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Jacobus P J UngererDepartment of Chemical Pathology, Pathology Queensland, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Glenn BennettPreventive Health Division, Genepath, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Queensland Health · AUEMBL Australia · AUQueensland Children’s Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Newborn screening (NBS) assays for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) typically use a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based assay to identify individuals with homozygous deletion in exon 7 of the

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analytical validationgenomicsnewborn screeningnext-generation DNA sequencingSMASMN1spinal muscular atrophy

Identifiers

PMID36713073
PMCPMC9878289
OpenAlexW4315781995

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