Dr. Kathleen A Leppig MD
Geneticist | Clinical Genetics (M.D.)
125 16th Ave E Seattle WA, 98112Rating
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Dr. Kathleen Leppig practices Genetic Medicine in Seattle, WA. As a geneticist, Dr. Leppig performs experiments and analyzes data to interpret the inheritance of different traits in patients. A geneticist evaluates, diagnoses, and manages patients with hereditary conditions or congenital malformations, genetic risk calculations, and mutation analysis. Dr. Leppig carries out studies, tests, and counsels patients with genetic diseases.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Familial cryptic (20;21) translocation identified by in situ hybridization technologies.
- Hydrocephalus and intestinal aganglionosis: is L1CAM a modifier gene in Hirschsprung disease?
- Fryns syndrome phenotype caused by chromosome microdeletions at 15q26.2 and 8p23.1.
- Cleidocranial dysplasia with severe parietal bone dysplasia: C-terminal RUNX2 mutations.
- A clinical scoring system to identify patients with sebaceous neoplasms at risk for the Muir-Torre variant of Lynch syndrome.
- Identifying opportunities for collaboration and growth of genetic counseling services in the Asia Region.
- Minor malformations: significant or insignificant.
- Predictive value of minor anomalies: II. Use in cohort studies to identify teratogens.
- Predictive value of minor anomalies. I. Association with major malformations.
- Deletions of both alpha 5(IV) and alpha 6(IV) collagen genes in Alport syndrome and in Alport syndrome associated with smooth muscle tumours.
- Cytotoxicity mediated by conditional expression of a carboxyl-terminal derivative of the beta-amyloid precursor protein.
- Cloning of the human homolog of the CDC34 cell cycle gene by complementation in yeast.
- Use of yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) for studying control of gene expression: correct regulation of the genes of a human beta-globin locus YAC following transfer to mouse erythroleukemia cell lines.
- Smooth muscle tumors associated with X-linked Alport syndrome: carrier detection in females.
- Familial neurofibromatosis 1 microdeletions: cosegregation with distinct facial phenotype and early onset of cutaneous neurofibromata.
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