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Correction to: Genome-wide sequencing as a first-tier screening test for short tandem repeat expansions

Genome Medicine volume 13, Article number: 151 (2021) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 09 August 2021

Correction to: Genome Med 13, 126 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-00932-9

It was highlighted that in the original article [1] the list of the authors belonging in the IMAGINE and CAUSES Study were erroneously interchanged. The original article has been updated.

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We would like to thank all the CAUSES and IMAGINE Study investigators. CAUSES Study investigators include Shelin Adam, Christele Du Souich, Alison Elliott, Anna Lehman, Jill Mwenifumbo, Tanya Nelson, Clara van Karnebeek, Rajan-Babu et al. Genome Medicine (2021) 13:126 Page 13 of 15 and Jan Friedman. The CAUSES Study is funded by Mining for Miracles, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Foundation, and Genome British Columbia. IMAGINE Study investigators include Patricia Birch, Madeline Couse, Colleen Guimond, Anna Lehman, Jill Mwenifumbo, Clara van Karnebeek, and Jan Friedman. We thank Compute Canada for the Research Allocation Competitions allocation, which facilitated our analysis of the IMAG INE and EGA genomes, and Julia Handra for coordinating the STR molecular testing of the clinical samples.

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  1. Rajan-Babu, et al. Genome-wide sequencing as a first-tier screening test for short tandem repeat expansions. Genome Med. 2021;13:126. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-00932-9.

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  1. Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia and Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, V6H3N1, Canada

    Indhu-Shree Rajan-Babu, Junran J. Peng, Arezoo Mohajeri, Inanc Birol & Jan M. Friedman

  2. Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK

    Indhu-Shree Rajan-Babu

  3. Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, V5Z4S6, Canada

    Readman Chiu, Chenkai Li & Inanc Birol

  4. Bioinformatics Graduate Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z4, Canada

    Chenkai Li

  5. Illumina Inc., San Diego, CA, 92121, USA

    Egor Dolzhenko & Michael A. Eberle

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IMAGINE Study

  • Patricia Birch
  • , Madeline Couse
  • , Colleen Guimond
  • , Anna Lehman
  • , Jill Mwenifumbo
  • , Clara van Karnebeek
  •  & Jan Friedman

CAUSES Study

  • Shelin Adam
  • , Christele Du Souich
  • , Alison Elliott
  • , Anna Lehman
  • , Jill Mwenifumbo
  • , Tanya Nelson
  • , Clara van Karnebeek
  • ,  Rajan-Babu
  •  & Jan Friedman

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Rajan-Babu, IS., Peng, J.J., Chiu, R. et al. Correction to: Genome-wide sequencing as a first-tier screening test for short tandem repeat expansions. Genome Med 13, 151 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-00961-4

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