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ReviewAnnual review of medicine2023

Exome/Genome Sequencing in Undiagnosed Syndromes.

Jennifer A Sullivan, Kelly Schoch, Rebecca C Spillmann, Vandana Shashi

Registry-linked trialAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Annual review of medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02450851 (Clinical and Genetic Evaluation of Patients With Undiagnosed Disorders Through the Undiagnosed Diseases Network), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02450851 recruitingnot on this map

Clinical and Genetic Evaluation of Patients With Undiagnosed Disorders Through the Undiagnosed Diseases Network

TypeobservationalSponsorNational Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)Ran2015 to 2028Enrolled20,000ConditionsGenetic Disease
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. Genetic Diagnosis and Discovery Enabled by Large Language Models.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  15. Constellation illuminates rare disease genetics.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jennifer A SullivanDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; email: vandana.shashi@duke.edu.
Kelly SchochDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; email: vandana.shashi@duke.edu.
Rebecca C SpillmannDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; email: vandana.shashi@duke.edu.
Vandana ShashiDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; email: vandana.shashi@duke.edu.

Funding

An integrated and diverse genomic medicine program for undiagnosed diseasesU01HG007672 · NHGRI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SHASHI, VANDANA · 2014 to 2022
$13.4M
NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG007672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exome sequencing (ES) and genome sequencing (GS) have radically transformed the diagnostic approach to undiagnosed rare/ultrarare Mendelian diseases. Next-generation sequencing (NGS), the technology integral for ES, GS, and most large (100+) gene panels, has enabled previously unimaginable diagnoses, changes in medical management, new treatments, and accurate reproductive risk assessments for patients, as well as new disease gene discoveries. Yet, challenges remain, as most individuals remain undiagnosed with current NGS. Improved NGS technology has resulted in long-read sequencing, which may resolve diagnoses in some patients who do not obtain a diagnosis with current short-read ES and GS, but its effectiveness is unclear, and it is expensive. Other challenges that persist include the resolution of variants of uncertain significance, the urgent need for patients with ultrarare disorders to have access to therapeutics, the need for equity in patient access to NGS-based testing, and the study of ethical concerns. However, the outlook for undiagnosed disease resolution is bright, due to continual advancements in the field.

Indexed as

ExomeRare DiseasesExome SequencingGenetic TestingHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansexome sequencinggenome sequencingMendelian diseasesnext-generation sequencingrare/ultrarare diseasesundiagnosed diseases

Identifiers

PMID36706750
PMCPMC10483513

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