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Congenital Hypotonia: Cracking a SAGA of consanguineous kindred harboring four genetic variants.

Limor KalfonMeirav BaydanyNadra SamraNawaf HenoZvi SegalAyelet EranAlon YulevichYakov FelligHanna MandelTzipora C Falik-Zaccai
Published in: Molecular genetics & genomic medicine (2021)
Revealing the genetic diagnosis enabled us to provide credible genetic counselling and pre-natal diagnosis to the extended family and genetic screening for this high-risk population. Whole exome/genome sequencing should be the first tier tool for accurate determination of the genetic basis of congenital hypotonia. Two different genetic disorders within a large consanguineous pedigree should be always considered.
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