2022
Detecting regions of homozygosity improves the diagnosis of pathogenic variants and uniparental disomy in pediatric patients
Wen J, Chai H, Grommisch B, DiAdamo A, Dykas D, Ma D, Popa A, Zhao C, Spencer‐Manzon M, Jiang Y, McGrath J, Li P, Bale A, Zhang H. Detecting regions of homozygosity improves the diagnosis of pathogenic variants and uniparental disomy in pediatric patients. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2022, 188: 1728-1738. PMID: 35199448, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric patientsWhole-exome sequencingCase seriesAR diseasesPathogenic variantsLarge consecutive case seriesConsecutive case seriesLarge case seriesUniparental disomyLikely pathogenic variantsRegions of homozygosityChromosomal microarray analysisAutosomal recessive diseasePrader-Willi syndromeDiagnostic findingsDiagnostic yieldPatientsPredictive valueGenetic testingHomozygous variantDiseaseExome sequencingRecessive diseaseGenetic counselingStrongest predictor
2018
A homozygous variant in RRM2B is associated with severe metabolic acidosis and early neonatal death
Penque BA, Su L, Wang J, Ji W, Bale A, Luh F, Fulbright RK, Sarmast U, Sega AG, Konstantino M, Spencer-Manzon M, Pierce R, Yen Y, Lakhani SA. A homozygous variant in RRM2B is associated with severe metabolic acidosis and early neonatal death. European Journal Of Medical Genetics 2018, 62: 103574. PMID: 30439532, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.11.008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research