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Phenome risk classification enables phenotypic imputation and gene discovery in developmental stuttering.
American journal of human genetics - 2 Dec 2021
Shaw Douglas M, Polikowsky Hannah P, Pruett Dillon G, Chen Hung-Hsin, Petty Lauren E, Viljoen Kathryn Z, Beilby Janet M, Jones Robin M, Kraft Shelly Jo, Below Jennifer E
Abstract excerpt
Developmental stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by disruption in the forward movement of speech. This disruption includes part-word and single-syllable repetitions, prolongations, and involuntary tension that blocks syllables and words, and the disorder has a life-time prevalence of 6-12%. Within Vanderbilt's electronic health record (EHR)-linked biorepository (BioVU), only 142 individuals out of...
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