Yupeng Liu, Xue Ma, Zhehui Chen, Ruxuan He, Yao Zhang, Hui Dong, Yanyan Ma, Tongfei Wu, Qiao Wang, Yuan Ding, Xiyuan Li, Dongxiao Li, Jinqing Song, Mengqiu Li, Ying Jin, Jiong Qin, Yanling Yang
BACKGROUND: Clinicians traditionally aim to identify a singular explanation for the clinical presentation of a patient; however, in some cases, the diagnosis may remain elusive or fail to comprehensively explain the clinical findings. In recent years, advancements in next-generation sequencing, including whole-exome sequencing, have led to the incidental identification of dual diagnoses in patients. Herein we present the cases of five pediatric patients diagnosed with dual rare genetic diseases...
April 12, 2024: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases