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Application of Genome Sequencing from Blood to Diagnose Mitochondrial Diseases.
Genes - 20 Apr 2021
Rius Rocio, Compton Alison G, Baker Naomi L, Welch AnneMarie E, Coman David, Kava Maina P, Minoche Andre E, Cowley Mark J, Thorburn David R, Christodoulou John
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial diseases can be caused by pathogenic variants in nuclear or mitochondrial DNA-encoded genes that often lead to multisystemic symptoms and can have any mode of inheritance. Using a single test, Genome Sequencing (GS) can effectively identify variants in both genomes, but it has not yet been universally used as a first-line approach to diagnosing mitochondrial diseases due to related costs and...
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