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| A M ElliottSummaryAffiliation: University of Manitoba Country: Canada Publications
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Letter re: fibula aplasia, tibial campomelia, and oligodactylyJane A Evans
Am J Med Genet A 140:1127. 2006
The developmental spectrum of proximal radioulnar synostosisAlison M Elliott
Winnipeg Regional Health Association Program of Genetics and Metabolism, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Skeletal Radiol 39:49-54. 2010..We investigated the hypothesis that posterior congenital dislocation of the radial head and proximal radioulnar fusion are different clinical manifestations of the same primary developmental abnormality...
A novel COMP mutation in an Inuit patient with pseudoachondroplasia and severe short statureA M Elliott
WRHA Program of Genetics and Metabolism, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Genet Mol Res 9:1785-90. 2010..This exon encodes the first calmodulin-like repeat, which has not been previously implicated in severe short stature. We propose that this novel missense substitution is responsible for the phenotype of this patient...
Trends in telehealth versus on-site clinical genetics appointments in Manitoba: a comparative studyAlison M Elliott
WRHA Program of Genetics and Metabolism, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
J Genet Couns 21:337-44. 2012..Referrals within each discipline varied depending on the need for fetal assessment and physical examination. Telehealth was utilized regularly for test results sessions across all disciplines...
Central ray deficiency with extensive syndactyly: a dilemma for classificationA M Elliott
Dept of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Genet Couns 20:27-43. 2009..This cohort highlights the importance of imaging patients with distal limb anomalies. An effective classification scheme should include relevant clinical and radiographic findings in order to assist clinicians following these patients...
The association of split hand foot malformation (SHFM) and congenital heart defectsAlison M Elliott
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 82:425-34. 2008..SHFM occurs as an isolated finding or in association with other anomalies, including congenital heart defects (CHDs)...
Discrepancies in upper and lower limb patterning in split hand foot malformationA M Elliott
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Clin Genet 68:408-23. 2005..This article discusses this discrepant clefting pattern between the upper and lower extremities and proposes potential mechanisms...
Split hand foot malformation (SHFM)A M Elliott
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Canada
Clin Genet 68:501-5. 2005..In this article, we briefly review the nomenclature associated with SHFM and its classifications...
Genotype-phenotype correlations in mapped split hand foot malformation (SHFM) patientsAlison M Elliott
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, 770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Am J Med Genet A 140:1419-27. 2006..Comparison with relevant animal models is discussed...
Osteocraniostenosis-hypomineralized skull with gracile long bones and splenic hypoplasia. Four new cases with distinctive chondro-osseous morphologyAlison M Elliott
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Am J Med Genet A 140:1553-63. 2006..There are some radiographic and chondro-osseous morphologic similarities between osteocraniostenosis and severe Hallermann-Streiff syndrome (HSS), suggesting the two disorders may be pathogenetically related...
Clinical and epidemiological findings in patients with central ray deficiency: split hand foot malformation (SHFM) in Manitoba, CanadaAlison M Elliott
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, 770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Am J Med Genet A 140:1428-39. 2006..Two had deletions involving 9q and 5p respectively. Unlike some other studies, we did not find an excess of males or right-sided defects and only two of the cases--two sisters--were related...
Symptom experience and subsequent mortality: results from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 studyAlison M Elliott
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB25 2AY, Scotland, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 6:158. 2006..One study has suggested that the number of symptoms people experience may be an important predictor of mortality. This novel and potentially important finding may have important implications but needs to be tested in other cohorts...
Rate and amplification of drug resistance among previously-treated patients with tuberculosis in Kampala, UgandaBeth Temple
Medical Research Council Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
Clin Infect Dis 47:1126-34. 2008..There is a need to measure the extent of and risk factors for drug resistance in such patients...
Tubal sterilization, all-cause death, and cancer among women in the United Kingdom: evidence from the Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception StudyLisa Iversen
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen School of Medicine, Aberdeen, UK
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:447.e1-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between tubal sterilization and subsequent all-cause death and the risk of any gynecologic and breast cancer in women in the United Kingdom...
Spectrum of dolichospondylic dysplasia: two new patients with distinctive findingsAlison M Elliott
International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Am J Med Genet 113:351-61. 2002..The spectrum of disorders with tall vertebral bodies as a key feature may include different entities that may be further defined with the characterization of the molecular defect(s)...
Pain and subsequent mortality and cancer among women in the Royal College of General Practitioners Oral Contraception StudyBlair H Smith
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen AB25 2AY
Br J Gen Pract 53:45-6. 2003..75), and a higher risk of subsequent cancer among women reporting head or abdomen pain. Given the high prevalence of pain symptoms, these findings may be important, and warrant further research...
Associations between helminth infection and CD4+ T cell count, viral load and cytokine responses in HIV-1-infected Ugandan adultsAlison M Elliott
Uganda Virus Research Institute, P O Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97:103-8. 2003..The possibility that chronic helminth infection may suppress HIV replication and that effects on HIV replication may vary during helminth infection and treatment should be considered...
Is chronic pain a distinct diagnosis in primary care? Evidence arising from the Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception studyBlair H Smith
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen AB25 2AY, UK
Fam Pract 21:66-74. 2004....
Screening for intestinal helminth infection in a semi-urban cohort of pregnant women in UgandaJoseph W Bukusuba
Uganda Virus Research Institute, PO Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda
Trop Doct 34:27-8. 2004
Why does HIV infection not lead to disseminated strongyloidiasis?Mark E Viney
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
J Infect Dis 190:2175-80. 2004....
The use of medication for chronic pain in primary care, and the potential for intervention by a practice-based pharmacistM Elaine McDermott
Pain Management Clinic, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
Fam Pract 23:46-52. 2006....
Weight change in adult life and health outcomesAlison M Elliott
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen AB25 2AY, United Kingdom
Obes Res 13:1784-92. 2005..To investigate the relationship between weight change in adult life and subsequent mortality and cancer incidence in women...
Cerebro-osseous-digital syndrome: four new cases of a lethal skeletal dysplasia--distinct from Neu-Laxova SyndromeAlison M Elliott
International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Am J Med Genet 109:139-48. 2002..Patients 1-4 of this report lack the typical findings of NLS and likely represent a distinct lethal skeletal dysplasia...
