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High diagnostic yield of clinical exome sequencing in Middle Eastern patients with Mendelian disorders.
Human genetics - 1 Sept 2015
Yavarna Tarunashree, Al-Dewik Nader, Al-Mureikhi Mariam, Ali Rehab, Al-Mesaifri Fatma, Mahmoud Laila, Shahbeck Noora, Lakhani Shenela, AlMulla Mariam, Nawaz Zafar, Vitazka Patrik, Alkuraya Fowzan S, Ben-Omran Tawfeg
Abstract excerpt
Clinical exome sequencing (CES) has become an increasingly popular diagnostic tool in patients with heterogeneous genetic disorders, especially in those with neurocognitive phenotypes. Utility of CES in consanguineous populations has not yet been determined on a large scale. A clinical cohort of 149 probands from Qatar with suspected Mendelian, mainly neurocognitive phenotypes, underwent CES from July 2012 to...
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