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Elizabeth Ruzzo UPGG Graduate Student 330 LSRC B Box 91009 DUMC Durham, N.C. 27710 Phone: 919.681-9433 Fax: 919.668.6787 Email: elizabeth.ruzzo@duke.edu

Elizabeth came into Duke through the UPGG (University Program in Genetics and Genomics) program and joined the Goldstein lab in the spring of 2009. She is working on understanding the genetic basis of epilepsy.

Selected Publications

Landsverk ML*, Ruzzo EK*, Mefford HC, Buysse K, Buchan JG, Eichler EE, Petty EM, Peterson EA, Knutzen DM, Barnett K, Farlow MR, Caress J, Parry GJ, Quan D, Gardner KL, Hong M, Simmons Z, Bird TD, Chance PF, Hannibal MC. Duplication within the SEPT9 gene associated with a founder effect in North American families with hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy. Hum Mol Genet. 2009 Apr 1;18(7):1200-8.

Hannibal MC, Ruzzo EK, Miller LR, Betz B, Buchan JG, Knutzen DM, Barnett K, Landsverk ML, Brice A, LeGuern E, Bedford HM, Worrall BB, Lovitt S, Appel SH, Andermann E, Bird TD, Chance PF. SEPT9 gene sequencing analysis reveals recurrent mutations in hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy. Neurology. 2009 May 19;72(20):1755-9.

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