UK's Deciphering Developmental Disorders Study Yields Diagnoses in Quarter of First 1,133 Children

Dec 16, 2014

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The UK's Deciphering Developmental Disorders project has provided diagnoses to more than a quarter of 1,133 children with previously undiagnosed developmental disorders and plans to recruit additional families until next April.

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