Cost of exome sequencing in epileptic encephalopathy: is it 'worth it'?

Arch Dis Child. 2018 Mar;103(3):304. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313240. Epub 2017 Sep 22.

Eva B Forman¹, Kathleen M Gorman¹, Judith Conroy², Neil Arthur³, Ciara Grant¹, Sean Ennis², Nicholas M Allen⁴, Sally Ann Lynch^{2

5}, Mary D King^{1

2}

¹ Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Temple Street Children's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
² School of Medicine and Medical Science, Academic Centre on Rare Diseases, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Paediatric, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
⁵ Department of Clinical Genetics, Temple Street Children's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

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Keywords: cost analysis; early onset epileptic encephalopathy; genetics; whole exome sequencing.

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