Molecular genetic analysis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A duplication in Norwegian patients by quantitative photostimulated luminescence imaging.

Around 70% of Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1 (CMT1) cases are caused by a dominantly inherited 1.5-Mb duplication at 17p11.2-12 (CMT1A).

FcgammaRIIA and FcgammaRIIIB polymorphisms in myasthenia gravis.

The Fcgamma receptors, FcgammaRIIA and FcgammaRIIIB contain polymorphisms with different capacity for IgG binding and phagocytosis. Thirty myasthenia gravis (MG) patients and 49 healthy controls were genotyped for the FcgammaRIIA and FcgammaRIIIB polymorphisms using polymerase chain reaction. The frequency of the FcgammaRIIA-H/H genotype was increased in thymoma MG patients compared to other MG patients (P = 0.

Expectation and attainment of nursing careers.

This study was designed to replicate and extend an investigation completed 15 years ago, which was related to recruitment into the nursing profession. The data are provided by the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of youths followed from high school through young adulthood. The design involved classification of the NLS sample into three groups based on career interest in nursing and ultimate occupational attainment: (1) those who expected to become nurses when in high school and did so; (2) those who expected to become nurses in high school but did not; and (3) those who had other occupational expectations in high school but became nurses.