Exome sequencing: Potential diagnostic assay for unexplained intellectual disability

Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 22:30 in Mathematics & Economics

New research confirms that de novo mutations represent a major cause of previously unexplained intellectual disability. The findings lend support to the use of exome sequencing, which deciphers over 21,000 protein-coding genes, as a diagnostic assay to determine whether one or more genetic mutations explain a patient's intellectual disability.

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