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Phenotypic signatures in clinical data enable systematic identification of patients for genetic testing.
Nature medicine - 1 Jun 2021
Morley Theodore J, Han Lide, Castro Victor M, Morra Jonathan, Perlis Roy H, Cox Nancy J, Bastarache Lisa, Ruderfer Douglas M
Abstract excerpt
Around 5% of the population is affected by a rare genetic disease, yet most endure years of uncertainty before receiving a genetic test. A common feature of genetic diseases is the presence of multiple rare phenotypes that often span organ systems. Here, we use diagnostic billing information from longitudinal clinical data in the electronic health records (EHRs) of 2,286 patients who received a chromosomal...
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