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We evaluated the diagnostic yield and mechanisms of newly established diagnoses in NDDs with and without epilepsy. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 175 patients with previously unresolved NDDs who underwent whole-exome sequencing between 2015 and 2024. Archived WES variant call format (VCF) files were reannotated using updated databases and variant prioritization criteria, followed by phenotype- and inheritance-informed clinical interpretation. Patients were classified as NDD without epilepsy (n = 133) or NDD with epilepsy (NDD+E; n = 42). Results: Five new molecular diagnoses were established, yielding an incremental diagnostic yield of 3% (5\/175). The yield was numerically higher in the NDD+E group than in the NDD group (7% [3\/42] vs. 2% [2\/133]), although the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.090). Newly established diagnoses involved NPRL3, RYR1, SYNGAP1, CSNK2B, and SETD5 and arose through distinct mechanisms, including complementary CNV testing with retrospective sequencing review, phenotype- and inheritance-informed reinterpretation, recognition of insufficient initial sequencing coverage, and updated variant interpretation incorporating new evidence. Conclusions: Genomic re-evaluation provided additional diagnoses in a modest but clinically relevant proportion of previously unresolved pediatric NDD cases. Periodic, phenotype-informed reassessment of existing genomic data, together with complementary testing when indicated, may resolve diagnoses missed or uninterpretable at the initial evaluation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes17091078","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,7]],"date-time":"2026-09-07T16:30:02Z","timestamp":1788798602000},"page":"1078","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Genomic Reanalysis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders With and Without Epilepsy: Diagnostic Yield and Mechanisms of Newly Established Diagnoses"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Da Hye","family":"Yoon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children\u2019s Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chang Ahn","family":"Seol","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GC Genome, Yongin 16924, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"GC Labs, Yongin 16924, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0227-3809","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jung Woo","family":"Rhim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Daejeon St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, Daejeon 34943, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4174-5266","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ji Yoon","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Daejeon St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, Daejeon 34943, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"193","DOI":"10.1016\/j.yebeh.2012.01.015","article-title":"Epilepsy and autism: Is there a special relationship?","volume":"23","author":"Berg","year":"2012","journal-title":"Epilepsy Behav."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"352","DOI":"10.1016\/S1474-4422(02)00160-6","article-title":"Epilepsy in autism","volume":"1","author":"Tuchman","year":"2002","journal-title":"Lancet Neurol."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"664","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajhg.2017.09.008","article-title":"High rate of recurrent de novo mutations in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies","volume":"101","author":"Hamdan","year":"2017","journal-title":"Am. 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