Publications by authors named "Joselito Sobreira"

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  • Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is linked to cardiovascular disease and pancreatitis, with severe cases often having genetic causes, and this study focused on Brazilian patients with severe HTG.
  • A cohort of 212 patients with extremely high triglyceride levels was analyzed, resulting in 13% having identifiable pathogenic genetic variants, while 80% of detected variants were classified as Variants of Unknown Significance (VUS).
  • The study identified common gene mutations associated with severe HTG and reported 16 new genetic variants, contributing valuable information for genetic counseling and healthcare in Brazil.
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  • - The study evaluated the use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) as a first-step diagnostic tool for critically ill infants in Brazilian neonatal intensive care units, with collaboration between private and public hospitals.
  • - In a cohort of 21 infants suspected of genetic diseases, WGS provided a diagnostic yield of 57%, identifying various genetic variants, including 10 novel ones not found in existing databases.
  • - The research highlighted the advantages of WGS over traditional genetic tests in diagnosing conditions like dysmorphic syndromes while also discussing the challenges and potential implications of integrating WGS into Brazil's healthcare system.
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We describe five members of a consanguineous Pakistani family (Family I) plus two affected children from families of different ethnic origins presenting with neurodevelopmental disorders with overlapping features. All affected individuals from families have intellectual disability (ID), ranging from mild to profound, and reduced motor and cognitive skills plus variable features including short stature, microcephaly, developmental delay, hypotonia, dysarthria, deafness, visual problems, enuresis, encopresis, behavioural anomalies, delayed pubertal onset and facial dysmorphism. We first mapped the disease locus in the large family (Family I), and by exome sequencing identified homozygous ZNF407 c.

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