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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2020

EMQN best practice guidelines for molecular genetic testing and reporting of 21-hydroxylase deficiency.

Sabina Baumgartner-Parzer, Martina Witsch-Baumgartner, Wolfgang Hoeppner

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sabina Baumgartner-ParzerDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Clinical Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090, Vienna, Austria. sabina.baumgartner-parzer@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0928-6119
Martina Witsch-BaumgartnerDepartment of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Division Human Genetics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Peter-Mayr-Straße 1, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Wolfgang HoeppnerBioglobe GmbH, Grandweg 64, D-22529, Hamburg, Germany.
Bioglobe (Germany) · DEInnsbruck Medical University · ATMedical University of Vienna · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular genetic testing for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) is offered worldwide and is of importance for differential diagnosis, carrier detection and adequate genetic counseling, particularly for family planning. In 2008 the European Molecular Genetics Quality Network (EMQN) for the first time offered a European-wide external quality assessment scheme for CAH (due to 21-OH deficiency). The interest was great and over the last years at about 60 laboratories from Europe, USA and Australia regularly participated in that scheme. These best practice guidelines were drafted on the basis of the extensive knowledge and experience got from those annually organized CAH-schemes. In order to obtain the widest possible consultation with practicing laboratories the draft was therefore circulated twice by EMQN to all laboratories participating in the EQA-scheme for CAH genotyping and was updated by that input. The present guidelines address quality requirements for diagnostic molecular genetic laboratories, as well as criteria for CYP21A2 genotyping (including carrier-testing and prenatal diagnosis). A key aspect of that article is the use of appropriate methodologies (e.g., sequencing methods, MLPA (multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification), mutation specific assays) and respective limitations and analytical accuracy. Moreover, these guidelines focus on classification of variants, and the interpretation and standardization of the reporting of CYP21A2 genotyping results. In addition, the article provides a comprehensive list of common as well as so far unreported CYP21A2-variants.

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