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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Whole Exome Sequencing as a First-Line Molecular Genetic Test in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies.

Luigi Vetri, Francesco Calì, Salvatore Saccone, Mirella Vinci, Natalia Valeria Chiavetta, Marco Carotenuto, Michele Roccella, Carola Costanza, Maurizio Elia

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Luigi VetriOasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0121-3396
Francesco CalìOasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8667-8223
Salvatore SacconeDepartment Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7568-5823
Mirella VinciOasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.
Natalia Valeria ChiavettaOasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.
Marco CarotenutoClinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Department of Mental Health, Physical and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8136-7597
Michele RoccellaDepartment of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90141 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7371-0228
Carola CostanzaDepartment of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90141 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9200-2772
Maurizio EliaOasi Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0414-1359
Oasi Maria SS · ITUniversity of Palermo · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

This work was partially supported by the Italian Ministry of Health "Ricerca Corrente 2017-2023" and 5xmille .Ricerca Corrente 2017-2023 and 5xmille
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) are severe neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by recurrent, usually early-onset, epileptic seizures accompanied by developmental impairment often related to both underlying genetic etiology and abnormal epileptiform activity. Today, next-generation sequencing technologies (NGS) allow us to sequence large portions of DNA quickly and with low costs. The aim of this study is to evaluate the use of whole-exome sequencing (WES) as a first-line molecular genetic test in a sample of subjects with DEEs characterized by early-onset drug-resistant epilepsies, associated with global developmental delay and/or intellectual disability (ID). We performed 82 WESs, identifying 35 pathogenic variants with a detection rate of 43%. The identified variants were highlighted on 29 different genes including, 3 new candidate genes (

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Epilepsy, GeneralizedNeurodevelopmental DisordersExome SequencingHumansMolecular BiologyMosaicismShaw Potassium ChannelsKCNC2 protein, humanShaw Potassium ChannelsDEEdevelopmental and epileptic encephalopathyepilepsygenetic diagnosisintellectual disabilitynext-generation sequencingNGSseizureWESwhole-exome sequencing

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PMID38256219
PMCPMC10816140
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