CLINICAL DNA VARIANT INTERPRETATION. THEORY AND PRACTICE

CLINICAL DNA VARIANT INTERPRETATION. THEORY AND PRACTICE

Editorial:
ACADEMIC PRESS
Año de edición:
Materia
Genética
ISBN:
978-0-12-820519-8
Páginas:
436
N. de edición:
1
Idioma:
Inglés
Ilustraciones:
180
Disponibilidad:
Disponible en 10 días

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-5%

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162,00 €

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153,90 €

1. Introduction: The challenge of genomic DNA interpretation

Section I. Theoretical Chapters
2. General considerations: Terminology and standards
3. International consensus guidelines for constitutional sequence variant interpretation
4. Quantitative modelling: Multifactorial integration of data
5. Clinical and genetic evidence and population evidence
6. The computational approach to variant interpretation: principles, results, and applicability
7. Functional evidence (I) transcripts and RNA splicing outline
8. Functional evidence (II) protein and enzyme function
9. Somatic data usage for classification of germline variants
10. Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine
11. Data sharing and gene variant databases
12. Approaches to the comprehensive interpretation of genome-scale sequencing
13. Phenotype evaluation and clinical context: Application of case-level data in genomic variant interpretation

Section II. Practical Chapters
14. Inherited cardiomyopathies
15. Phenylketonuria
16. Hearing loss
17. Familial hypercholesterolemia
18. Classification of genetic variants in hereditary cancer genes
19. RASopathies
20. Summary and conclusions

• Compiles best practices, methods and sound evidence for DNA variant classification in one applied volume
• Features chapter contributions from international leaders in the field
• Includes practical examples of variant classification for common and rare disorders, and across clinical phenotypes