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  • 1999 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Egbert Bakker is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a focused engagement in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, Biological Psychiatry, Reproductive Medicine, and Philosophy at a subfield level.

Their work covers multiple topics related to mental health and genetics, including schizophrenia research and treatment, bipolar disorder and treatment, tryptophan and brain disorders, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, and broader mental health and psychiatry issues.

Egbert Bakker has contributed to several publications across diverse scientific venues. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • Schizophrenia Research
  • PubMed
  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • CNS Spectrums
  • Harvard Dataverse

Several papers illustrate their recent research contributions:

  • A high proportion of novel mutations in BRCA1 with strong founder effects among Dutch and Belgian hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families, 2020, PubMed
  • Risk of clozapine-associated agranulocytosis and mandatory white blood cell monitoring: Can the regulations be relaxed?, 2023, Schizophrenia Research
  • Clozapine and the risk of haematological malignancies, 2022, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Desmopressine is and remains the drug of first choice for clozapine-induced nocturnal enuresis or urinary incontinence, 2023, CNS Spectrums
  • Replication Data for Crisis Signaling: How Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown Affected Incumbent Support in Other European Countries, 2020, Harvard Dataverse

Egbert Bakker has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Dan Cohen
  • Peter F.J. Schulte
  • Selene Veerman
  • Jan Bogers
  • Amy Jongkind

In recognition of their contributions to science, Egbert Bakker was awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.

Best Publications

  • EAA/EMQN best practice guidelines for molecular diagnosis of y‐chromosomal microdeletions. State of the art 2004

    M. Simoni;E. Bakker;C. Krausz

  • AMYLOID-BETA PROTEIN-PRECURSOR GENE AND HEREDITARY CEREBRAL-HEMORRHAGE WITH AMYLOIDOSIS (DUTCH)

    C. Van Broeckhoven;J. Haan;E. Bakker;J. A. Hardy

  • Topography of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene: FIGE and cDNA analysis of 194 cases reveals 115 deletions and 13 duplications.

    J. T. Den Dunnen;P. M. Grootscholten;E. Bakker;L. A. J. Blonden

  • Guidelines for diagnostic next-generation sequencing.

    Gert Matthijs;Erika Souche;Mariëlle Alders;Anniek Corveleyn

  • BRCA1 genomic deletions are major founder mutations in Dutch breast cancer patients

    A. Petrij-Bosch;T. Peelen;M. Van Vliet;R. Van Eijk

  • Clinical findings with implications for genetic testing in families with clustering of colorectal cancer.

    JT Wijnen;Hfa Vasen;PM Khan;AH Zwinderman

  • Estimating Y Chromosome Specific Microsatellite Mutation Frequencies using Deep Rooting Pedigrees

    E Heyer;J Puymirat;P Dieltjes;E Bakker

  • Laboratory guidelines for molecular diagnosis of Y-chromosomal microdeletions

    M Simoni;E Bakker;M C Eurlings;Gert Matthijs

  • Population-based incidence and prevalence of facioscapulohumeral dystrophy.

    J.C.W. Deenen;H. Arnts;S.M. van der Maarel;G.W. Padberg

  • Prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection of Duchenne muscular dystrophy with closely linked RFLPs.

    E Bakker;N Goor;K Wrogemann;L.M Kunkel

  • Analysis of Molecular Variance (Amova) of Y-Chromosome-Specific Microsatellites in Two Closely Related Human Populations

    L. Roewer;M. Kayser;P. Dieltjes;M. Nagy

  • Signs and symptoms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy among carriers in the Netherlands: a cohort study

    E M Hoogerwaard;E Bakker;P F Ippel;J C Oosterwijk

  • Array-CGH detection of micro rearrangements in mentally retarded individuals: clinical significance of imbalances present both in affected children and normal parents

    Carla Rosenberg;Carla Rosenberg;J. Knijnenburg;E. Bakker;A. M. Vianna-Morgante

  • EAA/EMQN BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF Y CHROMOSOMAL MICRODELETIONS

    M Simoni;E Bakker

  • An extensive analysis of Y-chromosomal microsatellite haplotypes in globally dispersed human populations.

    Manfred Kayser;Michael Krawczak;Laurent Georges Louis Excoffier;Patrick Dieltjes

  • Cerebral microbleeds in CADASIL.

    S. A. J. Lesnik Oberstein;R. van den Boom;M. A. van Buchem;H. C. van Houwelingen

  • Germinal mosaicism increases the recurrence risk for 'new' Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutations.

    E. Bakker;H. Veenema;J. T. Den Dunnen;C. Van Broeckhoven

  • Mutations in the EXT1 and EXT2 Genes in Hereditary Multiple Exostoses

    W. Wuyts;W. van Hul;K. de Boulle;J.J. Hendrickx

  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy: high frequency of deletions

    R. J. Bartlett;M. A. Pericak-Vance;J. Koh;L. H. Yamaoka

  • BRCA1 genomic deletions are major founder mutations in Dutch breast cancer patients (vol 17, pg 341, 1997)

    A. Petrij-Bosch;T. Peelen;M. van Vliet;R. van Eijk

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter L. Pearson
Peter L. Pearson Universidade de São Paulo
Martijn H. Breuning
Martijn H. Breuning Leiden University Medical Center
Rune R. Frants
Rune R. Frants Leiden University
Peter Devilee
Peter Devilee Leiden University Medical Center
Johan T. den Dunnen
Johan T. den Dunnen Leiden University Medical Center
George W. Padberg
George W. Padberg Radboud University
Hans Scheffer
Hans Scheffer Radboud University
Cisca Wijmenga
Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen
Mayana Zatz
Mayana Zatz Universidade de São Paulo
Mariz Vainzof
Mariz Vainzof Universidade de São Paulo

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