Global characterization of copy number variants in epilepsy patients from whole genome sequencing.

Epilepsy will affect nearly 3% of people at some point during their lifetime. Previous copy number variants (CNVs) studies of epilepsy have used array-based technology and were restricted to the detection of large or exonic events. In contrast, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has the potential to more...

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Main Authors: Jean Monlong, Simon L Girard, Caroline Meloche, Maxime Cadieux-Dion, Danielle M Andrade, Ron G Lafreniere, Micheline Gravel, Dan Spiegelman, Alexandre Dionne-Laporte, Cyrus Boelman, Fadi F Hamdan, Jacques L Michaud, Guy Rouleau, Berge A Minassian, Guillaume Bourque, Patrick Cossette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5978987?pdf=render