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
2020
Diagnostic cytogenetic testing following positive noninvasive prenatal screening results of sex chromosome abnormalities: Report of five cases and systematic review of evidence
Xie X, Tan W, Li F, Carrano E, Ramirez P, DiAdamo A, Grommisch B, Amato K, Chai H, Wen J, Li P. Diagnostic cytogenetic testing following positive noninvasive prenatal screening results of sex chromosome abnormalities: Report of five cases and systematic review of evidence. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2020, 8: e1297. PMID: 32383339, PMCID: PMC7336728, DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.1297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive predictive valueLarge case seriesNoninvasive prenatal screeningChromosomal microarray analysisCase seriesCytogenetic analysisMonosomy XPrenatal screening resultsPrenatal diagnosisMosaic patternSex chromosomal abnormalitiesEvidence-based approachReview of literaturePositive ratePrenatal genetic counselingSCA casesPredictive valueStructural abnormalitiesSystematic reviewCytogenetic testingPrenatal screeningSex chromosome abnormalitiesChromosomal abnormalitiesCase 2Case 1