<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Molecular diagnosis relieves patients of uncertainty, aids informed decisions about health and reproductive choices, and helps them join clinical trials or access available therapy. Genetic testing by next generation sequencing (NGS) is the suggested choice for a wide variety of disorders with heterogeneous phenotypes, alleles and loci. The development of a NGS service at MAGI Balkans, through the support of a partner, increases the availability of forefront genetic testing in Albania with great advantages for patients and their families. Here we report the NGS tests performed in collaboration with MAGI Euregio, Italy, for the diagnosis of rare genetic disease in seven probands and their families. The diseases/manifestations included ichthyosis, familial adenomatous polyposis, diabetes, syndromic craniosynostosis, fronto-temporal dementia, fragile X syndrome and ataxia. We obtained an overall detection rate of 57%. For 4/7 probands we identified a pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant, while for the others, the results did not completely explain the phenotype. All variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Segregation of the variant with the affected phenotype was also evaluated.</p></abstract>

Molecular diagnosis relieves patients of uncertainty, aids informed decisions about health and reproductive choices, and helps them join clinical trials or access available therapy. Genetic testing by next generation sequencing (NGS) is the suggested choice for a wide variety of disorders with heterogeneous phenotypes, alleles and loci. The development of a NGS service at MAGI Balkans, through the support of a partner, increases the availability of forefront genetic testing in Albania with great advantages for patients and their families. Here we report the NGS tests performed in collaboration with MAGI Euregio, Italy, for the diagnosis of rare genetic disease in seven probands and their families. The diseases/manifestations included ichthyosis, familial adenomatous polyposis, diabetes, syndromic craniosynostosis, fronto-temporal dementia, fragile X syndrome and ataxia. We obtained an overall detection rate of 57%. For 4/7 probands we identified a pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant, while for the others, the results did not completely explain the phenotype. All variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Segregation of the variant with the affected phenotype was also evaluated.

MAGI Balkans, a laboratory for the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases

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Molecular diagnosis relieves patients of uncertainty, aids informed decisions about health and reproductive choices, and helps them join clinical trials or...

MAGI Balkans, a laboratory for the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases

Published Online: Dec 28, 2017

Page range: 128 - 130

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24190/ISSN2564-615X/2017/S2.04

Keywords
craniosynostosis, familial adenomatous polyposis, frontotemporal dementia, Albania, Tirana

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

MAGI Balkans, a laboratory for the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases

Published Online: Dec 28, 2017

Page range: 128 - 130

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24190/ISSN2564-615X/2017/S2.04

Keywordscraniosynostosis, familial adenomatous polyposis, frontotemporal dementia, Albania, Tirana

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
craniosynostosis, familial adenomatous polyposis, frontotemporal dementia, Albania, Tirana