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Investigation of Genetic Causes in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease in Qatar: Findings from the Sidra Cardiac Registry
Okashah S, Vasudeva D, Jerbi A, Khodjet-El-khil H, Al-Shafai M, Syed N, Kambouris M, Udassi S, Saraiva L, Al-Saloos H, Udassi J, Al-Shafai K. Investigation of Genetic Causes in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease in Qatar: Findings from the Sidra Cardiac Registry. Genes 2022, 13: 1369. PMID: 36011280, PMCID: PMC9407366, DOI: 10.3390/genes13081369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseWhole-exome sequencingGenetic etiology of congenital heart diseaseAmerican College of Medical GeneticsPotential genetic variantsPotential causative variantsPathogenesis of congenital heart diseaseChromosomal abnormalitiesCardiac RegistryEtiology of congenital heart diseaseResults of genetic testingDevelopment of congenital heart diseaseCausative variantsHeart diseaseIdentified variantsMedical geneticsExome sequencingExome analysisGenetic variantsGenetic causeGenetic etiologyCHD phenotypesFunctional studiesGenetic defectsPotential variants
2022
A Novel FGFR1 Missense Mutation in a Portuguese Family with Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
Fadiga L, Lavrador M, Vicente N, Barros L, Gonçalves C, Al-Naama A, Saraiva L, Lemos M. A Novel FGFR1 Missense Mutation in a Portuguese Family with Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2022, 23: 4423. PMID: 35457241, PMCID: PMC9026826, DOI: 10.3390/ijms23084423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadismMissense mutationsFibroblast growth factor receptor 1Sequence-based prediction methodsPathogenesis of CHHFailure of pubertal developmentIdentified missense mutationsFibroblast growth factor receptor 1 geneHypogonadotropic hypogonadismWhole-exome sequencingNormosmic congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadismHeterozygous missense mutationExome sequencingGenetic studiesGrowth factor receptor 1Mutation spectrumFibroblast growth factor receptor 1 proteinIncomplete penetranceGonadotropin-releasing hormoneReproductive endocrine disordersAffected siblingsAmino acidsMutationsGenetic defectsGenes