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Joseph M. Berg
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 17
Citations - 624
Joseph M. Berg is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 17 publications receiving 613 citations.
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Primary care of adults with developmental disabilities: Canadian consensus guidelines.
William F. Sullivan,Joseph M. Berg,Elspeth Bradley,Tom Cheetham,Richard Denton,John Heng,Brian Hennen,David P. Joyce,Maureen Kelly,Marika Korossy,Yona Lunsky,Shirley McMillan +11 more
TL;DR: These guidelines synthesize general, physical, behavioural, and mental health issues of adults with DD that primary care providers should be aware of and they present recommendations for screening and management based on current knowledge that practitioners can apply.
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Molecular and prospective phenotypic characterization of a pedigree with familial Alzheimer's disease and a missense mutation in codon 717 of the β‐amyloid precursor protein gene
H. Karlinsky,G. Vaula,Jonathan L. Haines,J. Ridgley,Catherine Bergeron,M. Mortilla,Rossella Tupler,Maire E. Percy,Y. Robitaille,N. E. Noldy,T. C. K. Yip,Rudolph E. Tanzi,James F. Gusella,R. Becker,Joseph M. Berg,D. R. Crapper McLachlan,P. St. George-Hyslop +16 more
TL;DR: Results provide independent confirmation that mutations in the APP gene are linked to the FAD trait in some families.
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Consensus guidelines for primary health care of adults with developmental disabilities
William F. Sullivan,John Heng,Donna Cameron,Yona Lunsky,Tom Cheetham,Brian Hennen,Elspeth Bradley,Joseph M. Berg,Marika Korossy,Cynthia Forster-Gibson,Maria Gitta,Chrissoula Stavrakaki,Bruce D. McCreary,Irene Swift +13 more
TL;DR: Implementing practical Canadian guidelines based on the best available evidence for addressing health issues in adults with developmental disabilities would improve the health of adults with DD and minimize disparities in health and health care.
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Age-associated chromosome 21 loss in Down syndrome: possible relevance to mosaicism and Alzheimer disease.
Maire E. Percy,Vjerica D. Markovic,A.J. Dalton,Donald R. McLachlan,Joseph M. Berg,Ann C. M. Rusk,Martin J. Somerville,Barbara Chodakowski,David F. Andrews +8 more
TL;DR: The "occult" mosaicism in PBL of the elderly persons with DS is likely due to the accumulation of cells that have lost a chromosome 21, and Chromosome 21 loss might also be relevant to the development of Alzheimer-type dementia in DS and in the general population.
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Molecular Genetic Predictive Testing for Alzheimer's Disease
TL;DR: A workshop on genetic predictive testing for familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) was held at Surrey Place Centre in Toronto, Canada on January 23, 1993 as mentioned in this paper, where 40 participants representing diverse professional backgrounds attended.