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SUBMITTER: Homsy J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4890146 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20151201 6265
Congenital heart disease (CHD) patients have an increased prevalence of extracardiac congenital anomalies (CAs) and risk of neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs). Exome sequencing of 1213 CHD parent-offspring trios identified an excess of protein-damaging de novo mutations, especially in genes highly expressed in the developing heart and brain. These mutations accounted for 20% of patients with CHD, NDD, and CA but only 2% of patients with isolated CHD. Mutations altered genes involved in morph ...[more]