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Evaluation of Genetic Testing in a Cohort of Diverse Pediatric Patients in the United States with Congenital Cataracts.

Jennifer L Rossen, Brenda L Bohnsack, Kevin X Zhang, Alexander Ing, Andy Drackley, Valerie Castelluccio, Hanta Ralay-Ranaivo

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Article in Genes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  5. Candidate Genes for Non-Syndromic Pediatric Cataracts.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jennifer L RossenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Brenda L BohnsackDepartment of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Kevin X ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6028-6536
Alexander IngDivision of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5233-2937
Andy DrackleyDivision of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1822-1728
Valerie CastelluccioDivision of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Hanta Ralay-RanaivoDivision of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Lurie Children's Hospital · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic yield from prior genetic testing in a 20-year cohort of pediatric patients with congenital cataracts. A retrospective review of patients with congenital cataracts who underwent genetic testing was completed from 2003-2022. The diagnostic yield of the test was determined by variant classification and inheritance pattern. Variants from initial testing underwent reclassification in accordance with ACMG-AMP (American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics-American Association of Molecular Pathology) 2015 or 2020 ACMG CNV guidelines. A total of 95 variants were identified in 52 patients with congenital cataracts (42 bilateral, 10 unilateral); 42 % were White, 37% were Hispanic, 8% were Black, and 6% were Asian. The majority of patients (92%) did not have a family history of congenital cataracts but did have systemic illnesses (77%). Whole exome sequencing and targeted congenital cataract panels showed diagnostic yields of 46.2% and 37.5%, respectively. Microarray had the lowest yield at 11%. Compared to the initial classification, 16% (15 of 92 variants) had discrepant reclassifications. More testing is needed, and an increased focus is warranted in the field of ocular genetics on congenital cataracts, particularly in those with systemic illnesses and no family history, to advance our knowledge of this potentially blinding condition.

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CataractChildExome SequencingGenetic TestingGenomicsHumansUnited Statescongenital cataractdiagnostic yieldvariant reclassification

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PMID36980880
PMCPMC10048176
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