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ArticleApplied & translational genomics2015

Targeted NGS meets expert clinical characterization: Efficient diagnosis of spastic paraplegia type 11.

Cristina Castro-Fernández, Manuel Arias, Patricia Blanco-Arias, Luis Santomé-Collazo, Jorge Amigo, Ángel Carracedo, Maria-Jesús Sobrido

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Article in Applied & translational genomics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Cristina Castro-FernándezInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago-IDIS, Spain; Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CIBERER, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Manuel AriasInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago-IDIS, Spain; Servicio de Neurología, Complejo Hospitalario de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Patricia Blanco-AriasInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago-IDIS, Spain; Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CIBERER, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Spain.
Luis Santomé-CollazoInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago-IDIS, Spain; Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Spain.
Jorge AmigoInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago-IDIS, Spain; Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CIBERER, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Spain.
Ángel CarracedoInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago-IDIS, Spain; Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CIBERER, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Spain; Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Maria-Jesús SobridoInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago-IDIS, Spain; Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CIBERER, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Spain.

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Abstract

Next generation sequencing (NGS) is transforming the diagnostic approach for neurological disorders, since it allows simultaneous analysis of hundreds of genes, even based on just a broad, syndromic patient categorization. However, such an approach bears a high risk of incidental and uncertain genetic findings. We report a patient with spastic paraplegia whose comprehensive neurological and imaging examination raised a high clinical suspicion of SPG11. Thus, although our NGS pipeline for this group of disorders includes gene panel and exome sequencing, in this sample only the spatacsin gene region was captured and subsequently searched for mutations. Two probably pathogenic variants were quickly and clearly identified, confirming the diagnosis of SPG11. This case illustrates how combination of expert clinical characterization with highly oriented NGS protocols leads to a fast, cost-efficient diagnosis, minimizing the risk of findings with unclear significance.

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DiagnosisHereditary spastic paraplegiaSPG11Targeted NGSThin corpus callosum

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PMCPMC4745395

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