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Alex Arriaga

Alex Arriaga, MD

Medical School - Cornell University School of Medicine

Undergraduate Degree - Columbia

PUBLICATIONS

Research focused on characterizing the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to Alzheimer disease by conducting mathematical/statistical analyses of patient and family information:

Lee JH, Cheng R, Santana V, Williamson J, Lantigua R, Medrano M, Arriaga A, Stern Y, Tycko B, Rogaeva E, Wakutani Y, Kawarai T, George-Hyslop PS, Mayeux R. Expanded genome-wide scan implicates a novel locus at 3q28 among Caribbean Hispanics with familial Alzheimer disease. Archives of Neurology (Accepted for publication in May 2006)

Research done in the fields of Pediatric Surgery and Neurology:

  • Cellini C, Xu J, Arriaga A, Buchmiller-Crair TL. Effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) infusion on fetal rabbit intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and small intestinal development.  J Pediatr Surg 2004; 39: 891-897.
  • Athan ES, Lee JH, Arriaga A, Mayeux RP, Tycko B. Polymorphisms in the promoter of the human APP gene: functional evaluation and allele frequencies in Alzheimer disease.  Arch Neurol 2002; 59:1793-1799.
  • Tycko B, Lee JH, Ciappa A, Saxena A, Li CM, Feng L, Arriaga A, Stern Y, Lantigua R, Shachter N, Mayeux R. APOE and APOC1 Promoter Polymorphisms and the risk of Alzheimer disease in African American and Caribbean Hispanic individuals.  Arch Neurol 2004; 61: 1434-1439.
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Jason Comeau Jason Comeau, MD         

Medical School - Jefferson Medical College

Graduate School – MCP Hahnemann

Undergraduate Degree– Boston University

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Sarah Fernandez Sarah Fernandez, MD     

Medical School - University of Miami School of Medicine

Undergraduate Degree – Florida International University

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Melissa Lazar
Melissa Lazar, MD  

Medical School - Jefferson Medical College

Undergraduate Degree – University of Notre Dame
        

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Nathan Richards Nathan Richards, MD   

Medical School - University of Utah School of Medicine

Undergraduate Degree – Columbia

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David Rittenhouse David Rittenhouse, MD

Medical School - Jefferson Medical College

Undergraduate Degree – Penn State University

 

 

 

 

 



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