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GENETICS IN MEDICINE
Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 444-451Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2017.125
Keywords
diagnosis; mitochondrial disease; mitochondrial disease criteria; muscle biopsy; whole-exome sequencing
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- Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic [MZ CR AZV 16-32341A]
- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic [14-36804G]
- Charles University in Prague PRVOUK [P24/LF1/3]
- Hayward Genetics Trustees
- Clinical Research Foundation of University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Pakula family via American Friends of the Hebrew University
- MRC [MR/N025431/2, MR/N025431/1, MR/N010035/1, G1000848] Funding Source: UKRI
- Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) [NIF003\\1002] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MR/N025431/1, MR/N027302/1, G1000848, MR/N027302/2, MR/N010035/1, MR/N025431/2] Funding Source: researchfish
- Wellcome Trust [109915/A/15/Z] Funding Source: researchfish
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Purpose: Diagnosing primary mitochondrial diseases (MDs) is challenging in clinical practice. The mitochondrial disease criteria (MDC) have been developed to quantify the clinical picture and evaluate the probability of an underlying MD and the need for a muscle biopsy. In this new genetic era with next-generation sequencing in routine practice, we aim to validate the diagnostic value of MDC.& para;& para;Methods: We retrospectively studied MDC in a multicenter cohort of genetically confirmed primary MD patients.& para;& para;Results: We studied 136 patients (61 male, 91 nuclear DNA (nDNA) mutations). Forty-five patients (33%) had probable MD and 69 (51%) had definite MD according to the MDC. A muscle biopsy was performed in 63 patients (47%). Patients with nDNA mutations versus mitochondrial DNA mutations were younger (6.4 +/- 9.7 versus 19.5 +/- 17.3 y) and had higher MDC (7.07 +/- 1.12/8 versus 5.69 +/- 1.94/8). At a cutoff of 6.5/8, the sensitivity to diagnose patients with nDNA mutations is 72.5% with a positive predictive value of 69.5%. In the nDNA mutation group, whole-exome sequencing could diagnose patients with lower scores (MDC (6.84 +/- 1.51/8) compared to Sanger sequencing MDC (7.44 +/- 1.13/8, P = 0.025)). Moreover 7/8 patients diagnosed with possible MD by MDC were diagnosed by whole-exome sequencing.& para;& para;Conclusion: MDC remain very useful in the clinical diagnosis of MD, in interpreting whole-exome results and deciding on the need for performing muscle biopsy.
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