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Parental mosaicism in de novo neurodevelopmental diseases.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jul 2021
Shu Li, Zhang Qianjun, Tian Qi, Yang Sai, Peng Xingwang, Mao Xiao, Yang Liming, Du Juan, Wang Hua
Abstract excerpt
Neurodevelopmental diseases are increasingly recognized to be caused by "de novo" variants with the expanding use of next-generation sequencing. The apparent de novo variants may actually be low-level hereditary parental mosaic variants, which could increase the recurrence risk of disease by >50% and is thought to be an underappreciated cause of neurodevelopmental diseases. Our study aimed to investigate the...
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