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Prospective cohort study for identification of underlying genetic causes in neonatal encephalopathy using whole-exome sequencing.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Apr 2018
Bruun Theodora U J, DesRoches Caro-Lyne, Wilson Diane, Chau Vann, Nakagawa Tadashi, Yamasaki Masahiro, Hasegawa Shinya, Fukao Toshiyuki, Marshall Christian, Mercimek-Andrews Saadet
Abstract excerpt
PurposeNeonatal encephalopathy, which is characterized by a decreased level of consciousness, occurs in 1-7/1,000 live-term births. In more than half of term newborns, there is no identifiable etiological factor. To identify underlying genetic defects, we applied whole-exome sequencing (WES) in term newborns with neonatal encephalopathy as a prospective cohort study.MethodsTerm newborns with neonatal...
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