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This occurs in approximately 60% of patients with rare diseases.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To facilitate reanalysis of 278 unsolved patients, we used a gene prioritisation tool Exomiser, which standardises analysis by ranking causative variants based on phenotype relevance and variant pathogenicity. Before analysis, we benchmarked Exomiser for variant prioritisation with solved cases and for novel disease gene discovery with mock cases with variants in candidate disease genes. Additionally, we studied the significance of the specificity of the phenotype descriptions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In our study, Exomiser ranked genes in the top 10 correctly in 97.4% of controls with previously detected causative variants. Moreover, 57.1% of candidate genes in mock cases were similarly prioritised in the top 10. We also showed that three parental muscle disease human phenotype ontologies describing the patient phenotype performed as well as patient-specific ones, with a p value of 0.68 for difference in performance. The provided automation and standardisation of variant interpretation resulted in two novel diagnoses and in findings, either in known muscle disease genes or in novel candidate genes, which need further investigation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Exomiser is recommended for initial and periodic reanalyses of exomes in unsolved patients with myopathy, as it benefits from literature updates and minimises effort. 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