Genetic diagnosis of basal ganglia disease in childhood.
Heidy Baide-MairenaLaura Marti-SánchezAnna Marcé-GrauAna Cazurro-GutiérrezAngel Sanchez-MontanezIgnacio DelgadoAntonio Moreno-GaldóAlfons Macaya-RuizElena García-ArumíBelen Perez-Duenasnull nullPublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2022)
Combined whole-exome and mtDNA sequencing allowed the identification of several genetic conditions affecting basal ganglia metabolism. We propose a diagnostic algorithm which prioritizes early use of next-generation sequencing on the basis of three clusters of basal ganglia lesions.