Molecular Diagnosis of Usher Syndrome: Application of Two Different Next Generation Sequencing-Based Procedures

Danilo Licastro; Margherita Mutarelli; Ivana Peluso; Kornelia Neveling; Nienke Wieskamp; Rossella Rispoli; Diego Vozzi; Emmanouil Athanasakis; Angela D'Eustacchio; Mariateresa Pizzo; Francesca D'Amico; Carmela Ziviello; Francesca Simonelli; Antonella Fabretto; Hans Scheffer; Paolo Gasparini; Sandro Banfi; Vincenzo Nigro

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043799

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Molecular Diagnosis of Usher Syndrome: Application of Two Different Next Generation Sequencing-Based Procedures

Danilo Licastro,

Affiliation Cluster in Biomedicine (CBM) scrl - Genomics, Area Science Park, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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Margherita Mutarelli,

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy
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Ivana Peluso,

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy
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Kornelia Neveling,

Affiliation Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Nienke Wieskamp,

Affiliation Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Rossella Rispoli,

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy
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Diego Vozzi,

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”,Trieste, Italy
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Emmanouil Athanasakis,

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”,Trieste, Italy
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Angela D'Eustacchio,

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”,Trieste, Italy
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Mariateresa Pizzo,

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy
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Francesca D'Amico,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Patologia Generale, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Carmela Ziviello,

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy
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Francesca Simonelli,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Oftalmologia, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Antonella Fabretto,

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”,Trieste, Italy
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Hans Scheffer,

Affiliation Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Paolo Gasparini ,

* E-mail: gasparini@burlo.trieste.it (PG); banfi@tigem.it (SB); vincenzo.nigro@unina2.it (VN)

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”,Trieste, Italy
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Sandro Banfi ,

* E-mail: gasparini@burlo.trieste.it (PG); banfi@tigem.it (SB); vincenzo.nigro@unina2.it (VN)

Affiliations Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy, Dipartimento di Patologia Generale, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Vincenzo Nigro

* E-mail: gasparini@burlo.trieste.it (PG); banfi@tigem.it (SB); vincenzo.nigro@unina2.it (VN)

Affiliations Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy, Dipartimento di Patologia Generale, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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Molecular Diagnosis of Usher Syndrome: Application of Two Different Next Generation Sequencing-Based Procedures

Danilo Licastro,
Margherita Mutarelli,
Ivana Peluso,
Kornelia Neveling,
Nienke Wieskamp,
Rossella Rispoli,
Diego Vozzi,
Emmanouil Athanasakis,
Angela D'Eustacchio,
Mariateresa Pizzo

Published: August 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043799

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