Dr. Nyla A Heerema PH.D.
Geneticist | Clinical Cytogenetic
1645 Neil Ave 167 Hamilton Hall Columbus OH, 43210About
Dr. Nyla Heerema practices Genetic Medicine in Columbus, OH. As a geneticist, Dr. Heerema 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. Heerema carries out studies, tests, and counsels patients with genetic diseases.
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Medical GeneticsAmerican Board of Medical GeneticsABMG
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Detection of monosomy 7 in bone marrow by fluorescence in situ hybridization. A study of Fanconi anemia patients and review of the literature.
- Poor treatment outcome of Philadelphia chromosome-positive pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia despite intensive chemotherapy.
- Colour-changing karyotyping: an alternative to M-FISH/SKY.
- Nineteen cases of the t(1;22)(p13;q13) acute megakaryblastic leukaemia of infants/children and a review of 39 cases: report from a t(1;22) study group.
- Flow cytometric immunophenotypic characterization of pediatric and adult minimally differentiated acute myeloid leukemia (AML-M0).
- Hair crown patterns of human newborns. Studies on parietal hair whorl locations and their directions.
- Interphase cytogenetic abnormalities in chronic lymphocytic leukemia may predict response to rituximab.
- Intensification of therapy for children with lower-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: long-term follow-up of patients treated on Children's Cancer Group Trial 1881.
- Sustained human hematopoiesis in sheep transplanted in utero during early gestation with fractionated adult human bone marrow cells.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia with hypereosinophilia: report of a case with 5q deletion and review of the literature.
- Cytogenetic analysis in relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- High concordance from independent studies by the Children's Cancer Group (CCG) and Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) associating favorable prognosis with combined trisomies 4, 10, and 17 in children with NCI Standard-Risk B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic
- Periconceptional vitamin useand leukemia risk in children with Down syndrome: a Children's Oncology Group study.
- Clinical characteristics and outcome of children with Down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children's Cancer Group study.
- Select high-risk genetic features predict earlier progression following chemoimmunotherapy with fludarabine and rituximab in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: justification for risk-adapted therapy.
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