Genomic advances in the last decade and their influence in the diagnosis of intellectual disability.

Human intelligence is a polygenic trait (~1000 genes), with an approximate influence of 0.1% per every individual gen. It is an indispensable attribute for personal, familial, social, and economic development; furthermore, it is directly proportional to health maintenance and a longer life expectanc...

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Autor: Abarca Barriga, Hugo Hernán
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/3936
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RNP/article/view/3936
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:intelligence
intellectual disability
exomic sequencing
chromosomal microarray analysis
genetic variants
copy number variation
inteligencia, discapacidad intelectual
secuenciación de exoma
análisis de micromatrices
variantes genéticas
variantes en el número de copias
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Sumario:Human intelligence is a polygenic trait (~1000 genes), with an approximate influence of 0.1% per every individual gen. It is an indispensable attribute for personal, familial, social, and economic development; furthermore, it is directly proportional to health maintenance and a longer life expectancy. Consequently, intellectual disability affects all these areas, and constitutes a public health problem in several Latin American countries where it shows a >10%. In ~85% of the patients, the etiology of intellectual disability, be that isolated or syndromic; it is mostly diagnosed through the new technological search studies of the genome, such as new generation sequencing and/or chromosomal microarray analysis. The clinical and etiological diagnosis of intellectual disability, when duly confirmed, allows the choice of specific treatment modalities, the precise determination of prognosis, and the estimation of individual or familial recurrence risks.