INTRODUCTION
• Up to 50% of neurology-related indications have a genetic cause1
• Whole genome sequencing (WGS) and whole exome sequencing (WES) offer higher diagnostic yields than traditional sequencing methods such as multigene panels
• WGS can capture types of variants that WES can miss, leading to WGS having an increased diagnostic yield even over WES
• There are limited data on the percentage of variants that WGS captures above WES specifically within the pediatric neurology population
• We present our clinical laboratory’s experience with WGS-identified findings in the pediatric neurology population
Whole Genome Sequencing Captures Additional Variants in the Pediatric Neurology Population
CNS Poster (2025)
Publication AuthorsSydney A. Lau, MS, CGC, Robert Rigobello, MS,CGC, Leah Campbell, MS, CGC, Eileen Barr, MS, CGC, Lisa Salz, MS, CGC, Jason Chibuk, MS, CGC, Linyan Meng, PhD, FACMG, Fan Xia, PhD, FACMG, Christine Eng, MD
