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4.2. Genetic disorders in prenatal onset syndromic short stature identified by exome sequencing

TK Homma , BL Freire , RS Honjo Kawahira , A Dauber , MFA Funari , AM Lerario , MY Nishi , EV Albuquerque , GA Vasques , PF Collett-Solberg , SM Miura Sugayama , DR Bertola , CA Kim , IJP Arnhold , AC Malaquias , AAL Jorge

To read the full abstract: J Pediatr. 2019 Dec;215:192–198.Identifying the diagnosis in children with syndromic short stature and those with recognized genetic growth disorders is often challenging, as they may share many clinical features (1)(2). The candidate gene approach has many limitations in unveiling the genetic cause. Therefore, whole exome sequencing (WES) has been proposed to improve the diagnostic rate in children with short sta...