Twenty-year follow-up of newborn screening for patients with muscular dystrophy

Chung J, Smith AL, Hughes SC, et al. Twenty-year follow-up of newborn screening for patients with muscular dystrophy. Muscle & nerve 2016;53:570-8.     Abstract INTRODUCTION: An opt-out newborn screening (NBS) program for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) was implemented at 2 hospitals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, between 1987 and 1995. METHODS: […]