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. 2017 Jul;19(7):796-802.
doi: 10.1038/gim.2016.197. Epub 2017 Jan 19.

Clinical utility of next-generation sequencing for inherited bone marrow failure syndromes

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Clinical utility of next-generation sequencing for inherited bone marrow failure syndromes

Hideki Muramatsu et al. Genet Med. 2017 Jul.
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Abstract

Purpose: Precise genetic diagnosis of inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS), a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders, is challenging but essential for precise clinical decision making.

Methods: We analyzed 121 IBMFS patients using a targeted sequencing covering 184 associated genes and 250 IBMFS patients using whole-exome sequencing (WES).

Results: We achieved successful genetic diagnoses for 53 of 121 patients (44%) using targeted sequencing and for 68 of 250 patients (27%) using WES. In the majority of cases (targeted sequencing: 45/53, 85%; WES: 63/68, 93%), the detected variants were concordant with, and therefore supported, the clinical diagnoses. However, in the remaining 13 cases (8 patients by target sequencing and 5 patients by WES), the clinical diagnoses were incompatible with the detected variants.

Conclusion: Our approach utilizing targeted sequencing and WES achieved satisfactory diagnostic rates and supported the efficacy of massive parallel sequencing as a diagnostic tool for IBMFS.Genet Med advance online publication 19 January 2017.

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