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Large heterozygous deletion and uniparental disomy masquerading as homozygosity in CHKB gene.

Tenghui WuCiliu ZhangFang HeLi YangFei YinJing Peng
Published in: Molecular genetics & genomic medicine (2023)
We provide a possibility to detect giant mitochondria in other cells when muscle was not available. Moreover, clinicians should be aware that homozygous variants can be masqueraded by uniparental disomy or large deletions in offspring of non-consanguineous parents, and excessive homozygosity may be misdiagnosed.
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