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ReviewArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria2022

Diagnostic reasoning in neurogenetics: a general approach.

Helena Fussiger, José Luiz Pedroso, Jonas Alex Morales Saute

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Review in Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Helena FussigerUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina: Ciências Médicas, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6566-8293
José Luiz PedrosoUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Neurologia, Unidade de Ataxias, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1672-8894
Jonas Alex Morales SauteUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina: Ciências Médicas, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-1141-6573
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Establishing the definitive diagnosis of a neurogenetic disease is usually a complex task. However, like any type of clinical diagnostic reasoning, an organized process of development and consideration of diagnostic hypotheses may guide neurologists and medical geneticists to solve this difficult task. The aim of the present review is to propose a general method for diagnostic reasoning in neurogenetics, with the definition of the main neurological syndrome and its associated topographical diagnosis, followed by the identification of major and secondary neurological syndromes, extraneurological findings, and inheritance pattern. We also discuss general rules and knowledge requirements of the ordering physician to request genetic testing and information on how to interpret genetic variants in a genetic report. By guiding the requests for genetic testing according to an organized model of diagnostic reasoning and with the availability of specific treatments, clinicians may find greater resoluteness and efficacy in the diagnostic investigation, shortening the struggle of patients for a definitive diagnosis.

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Genetic TestingNeurologistsHumans

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PMID36351420
PMCPMC9770073
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