Introduction: Developmental delay (DD) in children is often caused by genetic abnormalities, which are challenging to diagnose due to the vast genetic variability.
Methods: This study presents a detailed analysis of whole-exome sequencing (WES) on 90 children with DD at a single clinical center.
Results: We identified pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in 27.
Diastrophic dysplasia (DTD) is an uncommon pathology which falls under the group of skeletal dysplasias with its first symptoms observed from birth. The pathology is often featured by short stature and abnormally short extremities (also known as short-limbed dwarfism); the osseous structures of the body (bones and joints) are characterized through defective development in many body regions. More than 300 genes were reported to be involved in DTD etiology with autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant and X-linked manner.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCystic fibrosis (CF) has entered the era of variant-specific therapy, tailored to the genetic variants in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) gene. CFTR modulators, the first variant-specific therapy available, have transformed the management of CF. The latest standards of care from the European CF Society (2018) did not include guidance on variant-specific therapy, as CFTR modulators were becoming established as a novel therapy.
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