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Amal Alhashem

Prince Sultan military medical City, Alfaisal university
Verified email at psmmc.med.sa
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[HTML][HTML] Accelerating novel candidate gene discovery in neurogenetic disorders via whole-exome sequencing of prescreened multiplex consanguineous families

…, MA Aldahmesh, MA Salih, E Faqeih, A Alhashem… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
Our knowledge of disease genes in neurological disorders is incomplete. With the aim of
closing this gap, we performed whole-exome sequencing on 143 multiplex consanguineous …

[PDF][PDF] Lessons learned from large-scale, first-tier clinical exome sequencing in a highly consanguineous population

…, S Subhani, E Cupler, M Faden, A Alhashem… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
We report the results of clinical exome sequencing (CES) on >2,200 previously unpublished
Saudi families as a first-tier test. The predominance of autosomal-recessive causes allowed …

Ciliary Genes TBC1D32/C6orf170 and SCLT1 are Mutated in Patients with OFD Type IX

N Adly, A Alhashem, A Ammari, FS Alkuraya - Human mutation, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical syndromes caused by defects in the primary cilium are heterogeneous but there are
recurrent phenotypic manifestations that define them as a collective group known as …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical exome sequencing: results from 2819 samples reflecting 1000 families

…, W Al-Twaijri, A Alothaim, A Alhashem… - European Journal of …, 2017 - nature.com
We report our results of 1000 diagnostic WES cases based on 2819 sequenced samples from
54 countries with a wide phenotypic spectrum. Clinical information given by the requesting …

[HTML][HTML] The landscape of genetic diseases in Saudi Arabia based on the first 1000 diagnostic panels and exomes

…, T Alqasim, HY El Khashab, H Al-Mousa, A Alhashem… - Human genetics, 2017 - Springer
In this study, we report the experience of the only reference clinical next-generation sequencing
lab in Saudi Arabia with the first 1000 families who span a wide-range of suspected …

IFT27, encoding a small GTPase component of IFT particles, is mutated in a consanguineous family with Bardet–Biedl syndrome

MA Aldahmesh, Y Li, A Alhashem… - Human molecular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive ciliopathy with multisystem
involvement. So far, 18 BBS genes have been identified and the majority of them are essential for …

Expanding the genetic heterogeneity of intellectual disability

…, V Salpietro, YT Asi, S Alsahli, A Alhashem… - Human genetics, 2017 - Springer
Intellectual disability (ID) is a common morbid condition with a wide range of etiologies. The
list of monogenic forms of ID has increased rapidly in recent years thanks to the …

Expanding the clinical and genetic heterogeneity of hereditary disorders of connective tissue

AM Alazami, SM Al-Qattan, E Faqeih, A Alhashem… - Human genetics, 2016 - Springer
Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) describes a group of clinical entities in which the connective
tissue, primarily that of the skin, joint and vessels, is abnormal, although the resulting …

[HTML][HTML] Autozygome and high throughput confirmation of disease genes candidacy

…, MA Al Muhaizea, HR Kayyali, A AlHashem… - Genetics in …, 2019 - nature.com
Purpose Establishing links between Mendelian phenotypes and genes enables the proper
interpretation of variants therein. Autozygome, a rich source of homozygous variants, has …

[HTML][HTML] Successful application of genome sequencing in a diagnostic setting: 1007 index cases from a clinically heterogeneous cohort

…, MI Iurașcu, C Cozma, F Vogel, A Alhashem… - European Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite clear technical superiority of genome sequencing (GS) over other diagnostic methods
such as exome sequencing (ES), few studies are available regarding the advantages of …