Combined exome analysis and exome depth assessment achieves a high diagnostic yield in an epilepsy case series, revealing significant genomic heterogeneity and novel mechanisms.
Danai VeltraFaidon-Nikolaos TilemisNikolaos M MarinakisMaria SvingouAnastasios MitrakosKonstantina KosmaIrene TsoutsouPeriklis MakrythanasisVirginia TheodorouMarina KatsalouliPelagia VorgiaGeorgios NiotakisGeorgios VartzelisArgirios DinopoulosAthanasios EvangeliouStella MouskouAnastasia KoronaSotiria MastroyianniAntigone PapavasiliouMaria TzetisRoser PonsJoanne Traeger SynodinosChristalena SofocleousPublished in: Expert review of molecular diagnostics (2023)
" analysis tools offer the possibility to simultaneously detect several types of variations. Wide assessment of variable findings, specifically those found to be novel and least expected, reflect the ever-evolving genetic landscape of seizure development, potentially beneficial for increased opportunities for trial recruitment and enrollment, and optimized, even personalized, medical management.