Our panels include over 3,000 genes selected based on curated gene reviews, variant databases (HGMD and ClinVar), most recent literature, and customer requests. We offer enhanced clinical utility, maximized diagnostic yield, empowered differential diagnosis as well as analytically validated up-to-date genes across all our panels. Difficult-to-sequence genes are covered with high quality enabling true diagnostic impact in challenging patient cases.
Depending on the underlying defect and the affected hematological cell populations, symptoms in hematological conditions can vary from bleeding disorders to severe anemia, or may cause significant immunosuppression. Furthermore, the inherited defects in coagulopathy may also cause thrombophilia, increasing the risk of thrombosis during childhood. All genetic defects that cause bone marrow failure lead to severe immunosuppression, possibly necessitating stem cell transplantation as a curative choice of treatment.
What genetic diagnostics can offer patients with hematological diseases
An accurate genetic diagnosis is necessary to confirm the diagnosis of certain hematological malignancies and to find the optimal treatment for affected patients. Establishing the underlying genetic defect and inheritance pattern further allows family member testing to identify at-risk relatives. Also, a genetic diagnosis can help in family planning.
Mikko Särkkä and co-authors presented an open-source framework called AMISS that can be used to evaluate performance of different methods for handling missing genetic variant data in the context of variant pathogenicity prediction. Using AMISS, they evaluated 14 methods for handling missing values. The performance of these methods varied substantially in terms of precision, computational costs, and other attributes.
Summary Multigenic and intragenic copy number variation (CNV) are expected to contribute to the molecular etiology of inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS). To determine the efficacy of a broad next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel test including robust CNV analysis, we conducted a retrospective review of 495 test reports from patients…
Summary Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a heterogenous condition characterized by lower extremity weakness and spasticity. For many patients, the genetic etiology remains undetermined, and few studies have evaluated the yield of broad genetic testing in a large cohort of patients presenting with HSP. In a retrospective review of 533…
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