Variability in pathogenicity prediction programs: Impact on clinical diagnostics

Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-110

  Walters Sen, Lauren C ^a   Hashimoto, Sayaka ^b   Thrush, Devon Lamb ^b,c   Reshmi, Shalini ^b,c   Gastier Foster, Julie M ^b,c   Astbury, Caroline ^b,c   Pyatt, Robert E ^b,c  

^a Center for Human Genetic Research   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Pathogenicity; Prediction; Sequencing; Variants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964881377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23249269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.116     Document Type: Article

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