Computer face-matching technology using two-dimensional photographs accurately matches the facial gestalt of unrelated individuals with the same syndromic form of intellectual disability

Abstract Background Massively parallel genetic sequencing allows rapid testing of known intellectual disability (ID) genes. However, the discovery of novel syndromic ID genes requires molecular confirmation in at least a second or a cluster of individuals with an overlapping phenotype or similar fac...

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Main Authors: Tracy Dudding-Byth, Anne Baxter, Elizabeth G. Holliday, Anna Hackett, Sheridan O’Donnell, Susan M. White, John Attia, Han Brunner, Bert de Vries, David Koolen, Tjitske Kleefstra, Seshika Ratwatte, Carlos Riveros, Steve Brain, Brian C. Lovell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12896-017-0410-1