A rapid and easy-to-use spinal muscular atrophy screening tool based on primers with high specificity and amplification efficiency for SMN1 combined with single-stranded tag hybridization assay

• Masaki Hirano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Division of Molecular Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Craif Inc., Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1696-2194

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• Kentaro Sahashi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Research Education, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Yuki Ichikawa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Craif Inc., Tokyo, Japan

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• Masahisa Katsuno ,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: atsushi.natsume@mirai.nagoya-u.ac.jp (AN); ka2no@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp (MK)

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Research Education, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Institute of Innovation for Future Society of Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Atsushi Natsume

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: atsushi.natsume@mirai.nagoya-u.ac.jp (AN); ka2no@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp (MK)

  Affiliations Institute of Innovation for Future Society of Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Kawamura Medical Associates, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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