Unravelling undiagnosed rare disease cases by HiFi long-read genome sequencing
Wouter Steyaert, Lydia Sagath, German M. Demidov, Vicente A. Yépez, Anna Esteve‐Codina, Julien Gagneur, Kornelia Ellwanger, Ronny C. Derks, Marjan M. Weiss, Amber den Ouden, Simone van den Heuvel, Hilde L. Swinkels, Nick Zomer, Marloes Steehouwer, Luke O’Gorman, , Alexander Hoischen
The paper uses HiFi long-read sequencing to identify genetic variants in undiagnosed rare disease families, finding novel diagnoses in 13% of cases and candidate variants in 4.3%.
medRxiv · May 3, 2024 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine