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Matteo DiScipio

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17 publications.

01

Diagnosis of TET3‐Related Beck–Fahrner Syndrome in an Individual With Chorioretinal and Iris Colobomata Using a DNA Methylation Signature

Man A, Di Scipio M, McConkey H, Hough R, Stein N, Diehl E, Marshall CR, Sadikovic B, Ejaz R

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A20253 citations
02

The Genetics of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Related mTORopathies: Current Understanding and Future Directions

Man A, Di Scipio M, Grewal S, Suk Y, Trinari E, Ejaz R, Whitney R

Genes202450 citationsOpen Access
03

What Causes Premature Coronary Artery Disease?

Le A, Peng H, Golinsky D, Di Scipio M, Lali R, Paré G

Current Atherosclerosis Reports202428 citations
04

Genetic Determinants of Vascular Dementia

Pathan N, Kharod MK, Nawab S, Di Scipio M, Paré G, Chong M

Canadian Journal of Cardiology202423 citationsOpen Access
05

A method to estimate the contribution of rare coding variants to complex trait heritability

Pathan N, Deng WQ, Di Scipio M, Khan M, Mao S, Morton RW, Lali R, Pigeyre M, Chong MR, Paré G

Nature Communications202422 citationsOpen Access
06

Severe Epilepsy in an Individual With a TSC2 R905Q Variant Prompting Late Diagnosis in Affected Family Members

Man A, Di Scipio M, Dale B, Marques PT, Birbeck CS, Jain P, Trinari E, Ejaz R, Whitney R

Pediatric Neurology20243 citations
07

A versatile, fast and unbiased method for estimation of gene-by-environment interaction effects on biobank-scale datasets

Di Scipio M, Khan M, Mao S, Chong M, Judge C, Pathan N, Perrot N, Nelson W, Lali R, Di S

Nature Communications202327 citationsFirst authorOpen Access
08

Deep intronic variant in MVK as a cause for mevalonic aciduria initially presenting as non‐syndromic retinitis pigmentosa

Dvaladze A, Tavares E, Di Scipio M, Nimmo G, Grudzinska‐Pechhacker MK, Paton T, Tumber A, Li S, Eileen C, Ertl‐Wagner B

Clinical Genetics20226 citations
09

Contribution of rare coding variants to complex trait heritability

Pathan N, Deng WQ, Khan M, Scipio MD, Mao S, Morton RW, Lali R, Pigeyre M, Chong MR, Paré G

Genetic Epidemiology20221 citations
10

Comparative Natural History of Visual Function From Patients With Biallelic Variants in BBS1 and BBS10

Pechhacker MKG, Jacobson SG, Drack AV, Di Scipio M, Strubbe I, Pfeifer W, Duncan JL, Dollfus H, Goetz N, Muller J

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science202127 citations
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