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Symptom-driven idiopathic disease gene identification.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Nov 2015
Molparia Bhuvan, Pham Phillip H, Torkamani Ali
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Rare genetic variants are the major cause of Mendelian disorders, yet only half of described genetic diseases have been causally linked to a gene. In addition, the total number of rare genetic diseases is projected to be far greater than that of those already described. Whole-genome sequencing of patients with subsequent genetic and functional analysis is a powerful way to describe these gene anomalies....
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