[HTML][HTML] Clinical application of whole-exome sequencing across clinical indications

…, N Smaoui, J Neidich, KG Monaghan, D McKnight… - Genetics in …, 2016 - nature.com
Purpose: We report the diagnostic yield of whole-exome sequencing (WES) in 3,040 consecutive
cases at a single clinical laboratory. Methods: WES was performed for many different …

Diagnostic outcomes for genetic testing of 70 genes in 8565 patients with epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders

…, K Retterer, T Brandt, G Richard, DA McKnight - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We evaluated >8500 consecutive, unselected patients with epilepsy and
neurodevelopmental disorders who underwent multigene panel testing to determine the average …

GRIN2B encephalopathy: novel findings on phenotype, variant clustering, functional consequences and treatment aspects

…, DR Smith, C Stanley, M Mintz, D McKnight… - Journal of medical …, 2017 - jmg.bmj.com
Background We aimed for a comprehensive delineation of genetic, functional and phenotypic
aspects of GRIN2B encephalopathy and explored potential prospects of personalised …

[HTML][HTML] High frequency of mosaic pathogenic variants in genes causing epilepsy-related neurodevelopmental disorders

…, CM Piccirillo-Stosser, G Richard, DA McKnight - Genetics in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose Mosaicism probably represents an underreported cause of genetic disorders due to
detection challenges during routine molecular diagnostics. The purpose of this study was to …

[PDF][PDF] Mutations in SPATA5 are associated with microcephaly, intellectual disability, seizures, and hearing loss

…, N Sobreira, A Hamosh, D McKnight… - The American Journal of …, 2015 - cell.com
Using whole-exome sequencing, we have identified in ten families 14 individuals with
microcephaly, developmental delay, intellectual disability, hypotonia, spasticity, seizures, …

A catalogue of new incidence estimates of monogenic neurodevelopmental disorders caused by de novo variants

…, E Pérez-Palma, J Symonds, AS Lindy, DA McKnight… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A large fraction of rare and severe neurodevelopmental disorders are caused by sporadic
de novo variants. Epidemiological disease estimates are not available for the vast majority of …

De novo mutations in KIF1A cause progressive encephalopathy and brain atrophy

…, M Sirajuddin, B Fregeau, D McKnight… - Annals of clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the cause and course of a novel syndrome with progressive
encephalopathy and brain atrophy in children. Methods Clinical whole‐exome sequencing was …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput evaluation of epilepsy-associated KCNQ2 variants reveals functional and pharmacological heterogeneity

…, N Ghabra, N Joshi, E Fitch, KL Helbig, D McKnight… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hundreds of genetic variants in KCNQ2 encoding the voltage-gated potassium channel KV
7.2 are associated with early onset epilepsy and/or developmental disability, but the …

A comprehensive analysis of normal variation and disease‐causing mutations in the human DSPP gene

DA McKnight, P Suzanne Hart, TC Hart… - Human …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Within nine dentin dysplasia (DD) (type II) and dentinogenesis imperfecta (type II and III)
patient/families, seven have 1 of 4 net –1 deletions within the ∼2‐kb coding repeat domain of …

Genetic testing to inform epilepsy treatment management from an international study of clinical practice

D McKnight, A Morales, KE Hatchell, SL Bristow… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance It is currently unknown how often and in which ways a genetic diagnosis given to
a patient with epilepsy is associated with clinical management and outcomes. Objective To …