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. 2021 Oct 22;7(4):66. doi: 10.3390/ijns7040066

Correction: Furnier et al. Translating Molecular Technologies into Routine Newborn Screening Practice. Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2020, 6, 80

Sarah M Furnier 1,2, Maureen S Durkin 1,2,3, Mei W Baker 1,2,3,4,*
PMCID: PMC8544402  PMID: 34698052

In the original article [1], there was a mistake in Table 2 as published. For reference Vill et al. 2019, the entry “1 in 7096” has been corrected to “1 in 7524”. Also for reference Kay et al. 2020, the entry “No” under “SMN2 Inclusion” has been corrected to say “Real-time PCR assay to assess SMN2 copy number”. The corrected Table 2 appears below. The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused and state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. The original article has been updated.

Table 2.

Selected spinal muscular atrophy newborn screening studies.

Reference Region Screening Method SMN2 Inclusion Number of Newborns Screened Reported Incidence in Sample Study Type
Chien et al. 2017 [33] Taiwan Real-time PCR SMN1 assay to detect homozygous exon 7 deletion; verified by droplet digital PCR assay Droplet digital PCR assay to assess SMN2 copy number 120,267 1 in 17,181 Pilot
Boemer et al. 2019 [32] Belgium Real-time PCR SMN1 assay to detect homozygous exon 7 deletion No Not applicable Not applicable Pilot
Vill et al. 2019 [36] Germany Real-time PCR SMN1 assay to detect homozygous exon 7 deletion; verified by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) MLPA to assess SMN2 copy number 165,525 1 in 7524 Pilot
Kariyawasam et al. 2020 [34] Australia Real-time PCR SMN1 assay to detect homozygous exon 7 deletion Droplet digital PCR assay to assess SMN2 copy number 103,903 1 in 10,390 Pilot
Kay et al. 2020 [35] New York Real-time PCR SMN1 assay to detect homozygous exon 7 deletion Real-time PCR assay to assess SMN2 copy number 225,093 1 in 28,137 Routine

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  • 1.Furnier S.M., Durkin M.S., Baker M.W. Translating Molecular Technologies into Routine Newborn Screening Practice. Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2020;6:80. doi: 10.3390/ijns6040080. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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