ApreciseKUre: an approach of Precision Medicine in a Rare Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alkaptonuria (AKU; OMIM:203500) is a classic Mendelian genetic disorder described by Garrod already in 1902. It causes urine to turn black upon exposure to air and also leads to ochronosis as well as early osteoarthritis. Our objective is the implementation of a Precision Medicine (PM) approach to AKU. We present here a novel ApreciseKUre database facilitating the collection, integration and analysis of patient data in order to create an AKU-dedicated "PM Ecosystem" in which genetic, biochemical and clinical resources can be shared among registered researchers. In order to exploit the ApreciseKUre database, we developed an analytic method based on Pearson's correlation coefficient and P value that generates as refreshable correlation matrix. A complete statistical analys

SUBMITTER: Spiga O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5391600 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature