Article
Retinal Diseases Caused by Mutations in Genes Not Specifically Associated with the Clinical Diagnosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Wang Xia, Feng Yanming, Li Jianli, Zhang Wei, Wang Jing, Lewis Richard A, Wong Lee-Jun
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: When seeking a confirmed molecular diagnosis in the research setting, patients with one descriptive diagnosis of retinal disease could carry pathogenic variants in genes not specifically associated with that description. However, this event has not been evaluated systematically in clinical diagnostic laboratories that validate fully all target genes to minimize false negatives/positives. METHODS: We...
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