Using high-throughput sequencing to diagnose causes of cerebral palsy

Abstract

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a common, clinically heterogeneous group of disorders affecting movement and posture. It was assumed that the genetic etiology of CP does not exceed 2%. The aim of this work is to determine the effectiveness of high-throughput sequencing for diagnosing the causes of CP. In our study, a genetic etiology was found in 31.8% of patients with CP, a possible cause was identified in 17.5% of patients with CP.