Objective: One in every 4 individuals born with a 22q11.2 microdeletion will develop schizophrenia. Thirty years of clinical genetic testing capability have enabled detection of this major molecular susceptibility for psychotic illness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Pathogenic variants are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. While pediatric phenotypes have been readily explored, adult phenotypes are not well understood. We aimed to investigate the phenotypic spectrum of adult patients with variants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is the most common microdeletion disorder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRare recurrent copy number variants (CNVs) at chromosomal loci 22q11.2 and 16p11.2 are genetic disorders with lifespan risk for neuropsychiatric disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF22q11 Deletion Syndrome (22q11DS) is the most common microdeletion syndrome with broad phenotypic variability, leading to significant morbidity and some mortality. The varied health problems associated with 22q11DS and the evolving phenotype (both medical and developmental/behavioural) across the lifespan can strongly impact the mental health of patients as well as their caregivers. Like caregivers of children with other chronic diseases, caregivers of children with 22q11DS may experience an increased risk of traumatisation and mental health symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPathogenic variants in NOTCH1 are associated with non-syndromic congenital heart disease (CHD) and Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS). The clinical presentation of individuals with damaging NOTCH1 variants is characterized by variable expressivity and incomplete penetrance; however, data on systematic phenotypic characterization are limited. We report the genotype and phenotype of a cohort of 33 individuals (20 females, 13 males; median age 23.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical features of 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) are highly variable between affected individuals and frequently include a subset of conotruncal and aortic arch anomalies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGenome-wide sequencing and genetic matchmaker services are propelling a new era of genotype-driven ascertainment of novel genetic conditions. The degree to which reported phenotype data in discovery-focused studies address informational priorities for clinicians and families is unclear. We identified reports published from 2017 to 2021 in 10 genetics journals of novel Mendelian disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is the most common microdeletion disorder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Information about the impact on the adult health care system is limited for complex rare pediatric diseases, despite their increasing collective prevalence that has paralleled advances in clinical care of children. Within a population-based health care context, we examined costs and multimorbidity in adults with an exemplar of contemporary genetic diagnostics.
Methods: We estimated direct health care costs over an 18-year period for adults with molecularly confirmed 22q11.
Rare recurrent copy number variants (CNVs) at chromosomal loci 22q11.2 and 16p11.2 are among the most common rare genetic disorders associated with significant risk for neuropsychiatric disorders across the lifespan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCJC Pediatr Congenit Heart Dis
December 2023
Genetic changes affect embryogenesis, cardiac and extracardiac phenotype, development, later onset conditions, and both short- and long-term outcomes and comorbidities in the increasing population of individuals with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). In this review, we focus on current knowledge about clinically relevant genetics for patients with TOF across the lifespan. The latest findings for TOF genetics that are pertinent to day-to-day practice and lifelong management are highlighted: morbidity/mortality, cardiac/extracardiac features, including neurodevelopmental expression, and recent changes to prenatal screening and diagnostics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: variants are associated with rare developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs). Although -related childhood phenotypes are well characterized, the adult phenotype remains ill-defined. We sought to investigate phenotypes and outcomes in adults with variants and epilepsy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Elevated triglyceride (TG) levels are a heritable and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and have well-established associations with common genetic variation captured in a polygenic risk score (PRS). In young adulthood, the 22q11.2 microdeletion conveys a 2-fold increased risk for mild-moderate hypertriglyceridemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCongenital heart disease (CHD) affecting the conotruncal region of the heart, occurs in 40-50% of patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective/background: We aimed to evaluate adult-onset obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and related risk factors, including history of pediatric palatal/pharyngeal surgery to remediate velopharyngeal dysfunction, in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF22q11.2 deletion is one of the strongest known genetic risk factors for schizophrenia. Recent whole-genome sequencing of schizophrenia cases and controls with this deletion provided an unprecedented opportunity to identify risk modifying genetic variants and investigate their contribution to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia in 22q11.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis review aimed to update the clinical practice guidelines for managing children and adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis review aimed to update the clinical practice guidelines for managing adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS).
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