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Analysis Of The P63 Gene In Classical Eec Syndrome, Related Syndromes, And Non-Syndromic Orofacial Clefts, L. L. Barrow, H. Van Bokhoven, Sandra Daack-Hirsch, T. Andersen, S. E. Van Beersum, R. Gorlin, J. C. Murray Oct 2011

Analysis Of The P63 Gene In Classical Eec Syndrome, Related Syndromes, And Non-Syndromic Orofacial Clefts, L. L. Barrow, H. Van Bokhoven, Sandra Daack-Hirsch, T. Andersen, S. E. Van Beersum, R. Gorlin, J. C. Murray

Sandra Daack-Hirsch

EEC syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder with the cardinal signs of ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and orofacial clefts. EEC syndrome has been linked to chromosome 3q27 and heterozygous p63 mutations were detected in unrelated EEC families. In addition, homozygous p63 null mice exhibit craniofacial abnormalities, limb truncations, and absence of epidermal appendages, such as hair follicles and tooth primordia. In this study, we screened 39 syndromic patients, including four with EEC syndrome, five with syndromes closely related to EEC syndrome, and 30 with other syndromic orofacial clefts and/or limb anomalies. We identified heterozygous p63 mutations in three unrelated cases of …


Complete Sequencing Shows A Role For Msx1 In Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip And Palate, P. A. Jezewski, A. R. Vieira, C. Nishimura, B. Ludwig, M. Johnson, S. E. O'Brien, Sandra Daack-Hirsch, R. E. Schultz, A. Weber, B. Nepomucena, P. A. Romitti, K. Christensen, I. M. Orioli, E. E. Castilla, J. Machida, N. Natsume, J. C. Murray Oct 2011

Complete Sequencing Shows A Role For Msx1 In Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip And Palate, P. A. Jezewski, A. R. Vieira, C. Nishimura, B. Ludwig, M. Johnson, S. E. O'Brien, Sandra Daack-Hirsch, R. E. Schultz, A. Weber, B. Nepomucena, P. A. Romitti, K. Christensen, I. M. Orioli, E. E. Castilla, J. Machida, N. Natsume, J. C. Murray

Sandra Daack-Hirsch

MSX1 has been proposed as a gene in which mutations may contribute to non-syndromic forms of cleft lip and/or cleft palate. Support for this comes from human linkage and linkage disequilibrium studies, chromosomal deletions resulting in haploinsufficiency, a large family with a stop codon mutation that includes clefting as a phenotype, and the Msx1 phenotype in a knockout mouse. This report describes a population based scan for mutations encompassing the sense and antisense transcribed sequence of MSX1 (two exons, one intron). We compare the completed genomic sequence of MSX1 to the mouse Msx1 sequence to identify non-coding homology regions, and …


Medical Sequencing Of Candidate Genes For Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip And Palate, A. R. Vieira, J. R. Avila, Sandra Daack-Hirsch, E. Dragan, T. M. Felix, F. Rahimov, J. Harrington, R. R. Schultz, Y. Watanabe, M. Johnson, J. Fang, S. E. O'Brien, I. M. Orioli, E. E. Castilla, D. R. Fitzpatrick, R. Jiang, M. L. Marazita, J. C. Murray Oct 2011

Medical Sequencing Of Candidate Genes For Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip And Palate, A. R. Vieira, J. R. Avila, Sandra Daack-Hirsch, E. Dragan, T. M. Felix, F. Rahimov, J. Harrington, R. R. Schultz, Y. Watanabe, M. Johnson, J. Fang, S. E. O'Brien, I. M. Orioli, E. E. Castilla, D. R. Fitzpatrick, R. Jiang, M. L. Marazita, J. C. Murray

Sandra Daack-Hirsch

Nonsyndromic or isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) occurs in wide geographic distribution with an average birth prevalence of 1/700. We used direct sequencing as an approach to study candidate genes for CL/P. We report here the results of sequencing on 20 candidate genes for clefts in 184 cases with CL/P selected with an emphasis on severity and positive family history. Genes were selected based on expression patterns, animal models, and/or role in known human clefting syndromes. For seven genes with identified coding mutations that are potentially etiologic, we performed linkage disequilibrium studies as well in 501 …


Interventions For Family Caregivers Of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease In Community-Based Settings: Items For Consideration, Kathleen Buckwalter Oct 2011

Interventions For Family Caregivers Of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease In Community-Based Settings: Items For Consideration, Kathleen Buckwalter

Kathleen C. Buckwalter

No abstract provided.


Interventions For Family Caregivers Of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease In Community-Based Settings: Items For Consideration, Kathleen Buckwalter Oct 2011

Interventions For Family Caregivers Of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease In Community-Based Settings: Items For Consideration, Kathleen Buckwalter

Kathleen C. Buckwalter

No abstract provided.


Psychogeriatric Outreach To Rural Families: The Iowa And Virginia Models, I. L. Abraham, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, D. G. Snustad, D. E. Smullen, A. A. Thompson-Heisterman, J. B. Neese, Marianne Smith Oct 2011

Psychogeriatric Outreach To Rural Families: The Iowa And Virginia Models, I. L. Abraham, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, D. G. Snustad, D. E. Smullen, A. A. Thompson-Heisterman, J. B. Neese, Marianne Smith

Kathleen C. Buckwalter

Elderly residents of rural areas are at significant risk for mental health problems, yet have less access to mental health services. Thus, most mental health problems among rural elderly remain either undiagnosed or untreated. We describe two models of mental health outreach programs to rural elderly in Iowa and Virginia, serving demographically, culturally, and epidemiologically different populations in geographically and economically dissimilar regions. Programs are compared on the basis of initiation, community partnerships, target population, target region, clinical disciplines involved, coordinating discipline, referral sources, operational model, initial home assessment, care planning, sustainability, cost, patient demographics, and primary and secondary diagnosed. …