Rare diseases load through the study of a regional population
Élisa Michel, Claudia Moreau, Laurence Gagnon, Mylène Gagnon, Josianne Leblanc, J.-C. Tardif, Lysanne Girard, Jean Mathieu, Cynthia Gagnon, Mathieu Desmeules, Jean‐Denis Brisson, Luigi Bouchard, Simon Girard
This study identifies rare genetic variants in a Quebec population with a founder effect, validates known variants, discovers new ones, and highlights their clinical relevance.
PLoS Genetics · Oct 16, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine