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Namjou B, Marsolo K, Caroll RJ, Denny JC, Ritchie MD, Verma SS, Lingren T, Porollo A, Cobb BL, Perry C, Kottyan LC, Rothenberg ME, Thompson SD, Holm IA, Kohane IS, Harley JB. Phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) in EMR-linked pediatric cohorts, genetically links PLCL1 to speech language development and IL5-IL13 to Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Frontiers in genetics. 5(5). 401 p.
Abstract
We report the first pediatric specific Phenome-Wide Association Study (PheWAS) using electronic medical records (EMRs). Given the early success of PheWAS in adult populations, we investigated the feasibility of this approach in pediatric cohorts in which associations between a previously known genetic variant and a wide range of clinical or physiological traits were evaluated. Although computationally intensive, this approach has potential to reveal disease mechanistic relationships between a variant and a network of phenotypes.