Dr. Derek E Neilson MD
Geneticist | Clinical Genetics (M.D.)
1920 E CAMBRIDGE AVE STE 304 PHOENIX AZ, 85006About
Dr. Derek Neilson practices Genetic Medicine in Cincinnati, OH. As a geneticist, Dr. Neilson 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. Neilson carries out studies, tests, and counsels patients with genetic diseases.
Education and Training
Oregon Health And Science University School of Medicine,Portland, Or, United States 1998
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 1998
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Autosomal dominant acute necrotizing encephalopathy.
- [Infection-triggered familial or recurrent acute necrotizing encephalopathy].
- Recurrent acute necrotizing encephalopathy following influenza A in a genetically predisposed family.
- Late manifestations of tricho-rhino-pharangeal syndrome in a patient: Expanded skeletal phenotype in adulthood.
- Familial 9q22.3 microduplication spanning PTCH1 causes short stature syndrome with mild intellectual disability and dysmorphic features.
- The interplay of infection and genetics in acute necrotizing encephalopathy.
- Activating PIK3CA alleles and lymphangiogenic phenotype of lymphatic endothelial
Treatments
- Birth Defects
- Pain
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