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ArticleWellcome open research2016

Accurate clinical detection of exon copy number variants in a targeted NGS panel using DECoN.

Anna Fowler, Shazia Mahamdallie, Elise Ruark, Sheila Seal, Emma Ramsay, Matthew Clarke, Imran Uddin, Harriet Wylie, Ann Strydom, Gerton Lunter and 1 more

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Anna Fowler *Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Shazia Mahamdallie *Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Elise Ruark *Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Sheila SealDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Emma RamsayDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Matthew ClarkeDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Imran UddinDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Harriet WylieDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8183-4853
Ann StrydomDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Gerton LunterWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Nazneen RahmanDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4376-0440

Funding

Wellcome Trust 098518Wellcome Trust 200990
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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BRCA1BRCA2clinical genomicsCNVExon CNVgenetic testingmutation testingNGS

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PMID28459104
PMCPMC5409526

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