Dr. Elizabeth Mary Rohlfs PHD
Geneticist | Clinical Molecular Genetics
3400 Computer Dr Genzyme Genetics Mol Westborough MA, 01581About
Dr. Elizabeth Rohlfs practices Genetic Medicine in Westborough, MA. As a geneticist, Dr. Rohlfs 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. Rohlfs 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- Depressed expression of adipocyte beta-adrenergic receptors is a common feature of congenital and diet-induced obesity in rodents.
- HFE genotyping using multiplex allele-specific polymerase chain reaction and capillary electrophoresis.
- Survey of the fragile X syndrome CGG repeat and the short-tandem-repeat and single-nucleotide-polymorphism haplotypes in an African American population.
- An Alu-mediated 7.1 kb deletion of BRCA1 exons 8 and 9 in breast and ovarian cancer families that results in alternative splicing of exon 10.
- Prevalence and instability of fragile X alleles: implications for offering fragile X prenatal diagnosis.
- Development of genomic reference materials for cystic fibrosis genetic testing.
- Differences in SMN1 allele frequencies among ethnic groups within North America.
- Development of genomic DNA reference materials for genetic testing of disorders common in people of ashkenazi jewish descent.
- Impaired expression and functional activity of the beta 3- and beta 1-adrenergic receptors in adipose tissue of congenitally obese (C57BL/6J ob/ob) mice.
- Lipid synthesis and secretion by primary cultures of rat mammary epithelial cells.
- Glycerophosphocholine and phosphocholine are the major choline metabolites in rat milk.
- Analytical and clinical evaluation of refractive index-matched anomalous diffraction (RIMAD) for assessment of fetal lung maturation.
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