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Comparing genome sequencing technologies to improve rare disease diagnostics: a protocol for the evaluation of a pilot project, Genome-wide Sequencing Ontario

Robin Z. Hayeems, Christian R. Marshall, Meredith K. Gillespie, Anna Szuto, Caitlin Chisholm, Dimitri J. Stavropoulos, Viji Venkataramanan, Kate Tsiplova, Sarah Sawyer, E. Magda Price, Lynette Lau, Reem Khan, Whiwon Lee, Lijia Huang, Olga Jarinova, Wendy J. Ungar, Roberto Mendoza-Londono, Martin J. Somerville and Kym M. Boycott
May 24, 2022 10 (2) E460-E465; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20210272
Robin Z. Hayeems
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Christian R. Marshall
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Meredith K. Gillespie
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Anna Szuto
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Caitlin Chisholm
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Dimitri J. Stavropoulos
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Viji Venkataramanan
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Kate Tsiplova
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Sarah Sawyer
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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E. Magda Price
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Lynette Lau
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Reem Khan
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Whiwon Lee
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Lijia Huang
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Olga Jarinova
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Wendy J. Ungar
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Roberto Mendoza-Londono
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Martin J. Somerville
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Kym M. Boycott
Program in Child Health Evaluative Sciences (Hayeems, Venkataramanan, Tsiplova, Lee, Ungar), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute; Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Lau, Somerville), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, (Marshall, Stavropoulos, Somerville), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Gillespie, Price, Boycott), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics (Szuto, Khan, Lee, Mendoza-Londono), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Genetics (Chisholm, Sawyer, Huang, Jarinova, Boycott), Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.
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Comparing genome sequencing technologies to improve rare disease diagnostics: a protocol for the evaluation of a pilot project, Genome-wide Sequencing Ontario
Robin Z. Hayeems, Christian R. Marshall, Meredith K. Gillespie, Anna Szuto, Caitlin Chisholm, Dimitri J. Stavropoulos, Viji Venkataramanan, Kate Tsiplova, Sarah Sawyer, E. Magda Price, Lynette Lau, Reem Khan, Whiwon Lee, Lijia Huang, Olga Jarinova, Wendy J. Ungar, Roberto Mendoza-Londono, Martin J. Somerville, Kym M. Boycott
Apr 2022, 10 (2) E460-E465; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20210272

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Comparing genome sequencing technologies to improve rare disease diagnostics: a protocol for the evaluation of a pilot project, Genome-wide Sequencing Ontario
Robin Z. Hayeems, Christian R. Marshall, Meredith K. Gillespie, Anna Szuto, Caitlin Chisholm, Dimitri J. Stavropoulos, Viji Venkataramanan, Kate Tsiplova, Sarah Sawyer, E. Magda Price, Lynette Lau, Reem Khan, Whiwon Lee, Lijia Huang, Olga Jarinova, Wendy J. Ungar, Roberto Mendoza-Londono, Martin J. Somerville, Kym M. Boycott
Apr 2022, 10 (2) E460-E465; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20210272
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