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Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing for Genetic Disease Diagnosis in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
3 Oct 2012
Abstract excerpt
Monogenic diseases are frequent causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality, and disease presentations are often undifferentiated at birth. More than 3500 monogenic diseases have been characterized, but clinical testing is available for only some of them and many feature clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Hence, an immense unmet need exists for improved molecular diagnosis in infants. Because disease progression...
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