The Perinatal Lethal Skeletal Dysplasia and Skeletal Ciliopathies Panel is a genetic test developed for individuals with a clinical suspicion or diagnosis of Perinatal Lethal Skeletal Dysplasia and Skeletal Ciliopathies. These disorders involve abnormal growth and skeletal development. Due to the genetic diversity of these conditions, it can be challenging to rely solely on symptoms to determine the precise cause. By using a comprehensive panel test, multiple potential genes can be assessed efficiently based on a single clinical indication.
Targeted Exome/ Slice Exome (Next Generation Sequencing including Copy Number Variation)
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All sequencing technologies have limitations. A negative result from this analysis does not rule out a possible genetic diagnosis as some variants may not be detected by this test. This test is not designed to detect low level mosaicism, structural rearrangements, indels >40bp, deep intronic variants of unknown clinical significance, or large cytogenetic CNVs. Certain inherent qualities of the human genome, for example repetitive regions/homopolymers, GC rich, pseudogenes, and rare polymorphisms, pose significant technical challenges such as sequence misalignment that may potentially impact the accuracy of the results. False negative results may also occur in the setting of allogeneic bone marrow, stem cell transplantation, active or chronic hematologic conditions, recent blood transfusions, suboptimal DNA quality or PCR trace contamination. Other potential sources of error include sample mix-ups and clerical issues.