Genetic studies in intellectual disability and related disorders

LELM Vissers, C Gilissen, JA Veltman - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Genetic factors play a major part in intellectual disability (ID), but genetic studies have been
complicated for a long time by the extreme clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Recently …

Managing the ethical challenges of next-generation sequencing in genomic medicine

AJ Clarke - British Medical Bulletin, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is transforming the conduct of genetic
research and diagnostic investigation. This creates new challenges as it generates …

Perceived benefits, risks, and utility of newborn genomic sequencing in the BabySeq Project

S Pereira, JO Robinson, AM Gutierrez… - …, 2019 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is interest in applying genomic sequencing (GS)
to newborns' clinical care. Here we explore parents' and clinicians' attitudes toward and …

Parental attitudes, values, and beliefs toward the return of results from exome sequencing in children

JC Sapp, D Dong, C Stark, LE Ivey, G Hooker… - Clinical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Exome sequencing is being offered for children with undiagnosed conditions to identify a
primary (causative) variant. Parental preferences for learning secondary (incidental) variants …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking the “open future” argument against predictive genetic testing of children

JR Garrett, JD Lantos, LG Biesecker, JE Childerhose… - Genetics in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Professional consensus has traditionally discouraged predictive genetic testing when no
childhood interventions can reduce future morbidity or mortality. However, advances in …

Evidence to support the clinical utility of prenatal exome sequencing in evaluation of the fetus with congenital anomalies: Scientific Impact Paper No. 64 [February] …

F Mone, DJ McMullan, D Williams… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plain language summary Structural differences (congenital anomalies) in the makeup of the
baby's heart, brain and other organs are found on antenatal ultrasound scans in up to 3% of …

NIPT‐based screening for Down syndrome and beyond: what do pregnant women think?

RV van Schendel, WJ Dondorp… - Prenatal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The aim of the study is to study pregnant women's views on noninvasive prenatal
testing (NIPT) for Down syndrome and the potential to test for a broader range of conditions …

Defining the clinical value of a genomic diagnosis in the era of next-generation sequencing

NT Strande, JS Berg - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
As with all fields of medicine, the first step toward medical management of genetic disorders
is obtaining an accurate diagnosis, which often requires testing at the molecular level …

Return of whole-genome sequencing results in paediatric research: a statement of the P3G international paediatrics platform

BM Knoppers, D Avard, K Sénécal - European Journal of Human …, 2014 - nature.com
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) reveals the genome of an individual including both rare
mutations and genes that have a role in the expression of common medical conditions. The …

Factors that impact on women's decision‐making around prenatal genomic tests: An international discrete choice survey

J Buchanan, M Hill, CM Vass, J Hammond… - Prenatal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We conducted a survey‐based discrete‐choice experiment (DCE) to understand
the test features that drive women's preferences for prenatal genomic testing, and explore …