Brashear, Awtum M.
Gustafson, Anxhela G.
Quitadamo, Andrew
Evangelista, Emily
Quinn, Daelyn
Strom, Samuel P.
Snyder, Holly L.
Longoni, Mauro
Shazand, Kamran
Article History
Received: 22 August 2024
Accepted: 22 September 2025
First Online: 28 October 2025
Declarations
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: ML, HLS, and SPS are employed by Illumina, Inc. The authors report no other competing interests.
: Informed consent and patient assent were obtained from participants and their parent(s) or legally authorized representative(s) as applicable in person or through a virtual process conducted by SHC staff authorized to obtain consent for this study. The sample collection performed was approved by WCG Institutional Review Board, protocol number 2019150. All methods were carried out in accordance with the ethical principles in the Declaration of Helsinki and the Belmont Report. The post-processing comparison of WES and WGS data was undertaken as a Quality Improvement Initiative at Shriners Hospitals for Children and, as such, was not formally supervised by an Institutional Review Board.
: Informed consent and patient assent were obtained from participants and their parent(s) or legally authorized representative(s) as applicable and conducted by SHC staff authorized to obtain consent for this study.