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Overview

Erik A. Sistermans is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and related fields. Their work bridges clinical and molecular studies, with a particular focus on prenatal screening, genetics, and disease diagnostics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their subfields of study emphasize:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research
  • Infectious Diseases

The main topics that characterize their research are:

  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Exome sequencing identifies rare damaging variants in ATP8B4 and ABCA1 as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "Detection and localization of early- and late-stage cancers using platelet RNA" (2022, Cancer Cell)
  • "Clinical impact of additional findings detected by genome-wide non-invasive prenatal testing: Follow-up results of the TRIDENT-2 study" (2022, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • "International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis Position Statement: cell free DNA screening for Down syndrome in multiple pregnancies" (2020, Prenatal Diagnosis)
  • "Noninvasive Prenatal Test Results Indicative of Maternal Malignancies: A Nationwide Genetic and Clinical Follow-Up Study" (2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology)

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Chemistry
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey

They collaborate regularly with notable researchers such as:

  • Lidewij Henneman
  • Mireille N. Bekker
  • Jasper Linthorst
  • Merryn Macville
  • Marcel Reinders

Best Publications

  • Germline KRAS mutations cause Noonan syndrome

    Suzanne Schubbert;Martin Zenker;Sara L . Rowe;Silke Böll

  • Diagnostic Genome Profiling in Mental Retardation

    Bert B.A. de Vries;Rolph Pfundt;Martijn Leisink;David A. Koolen

  • Guidelines for diagnostic next-generation sequencing.

    Gert Matthijs;Erika Souche;Mariëlle Alders;Anniek Corveleyn

  • A new chromosome 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome associated with a common inversion polymorphism

    David A. Koolen;Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers;Rolph Pfundt;Nicole De Leeuw

  • Loss-of-function mutations in euchromatin histone methyl transferase 1 (EHMT1) cause the 9q34 subtelomeric deletion syndrome.

    Tjitske Kleefstra;Han G. Brunner;Jeanne Amiel;Astrid R. Oudakker

  • Patients lacking the major CNS myelin protein, proteolipid protein 1, develop length-dependent axonal degeneration in the absence of demyelination and inflammation.

    James Y. Garbern;Donald A. Yool;Gregory J. Moore;Ian B. Wilds

  • PPIB mutations cause severe osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Fleur S. van Dijk;Isabel M. Nesbitt;Eline H. Zwikstra;Peter G.J. Nikkels

  • TRIDENT-2 : National Implementation of Genome-wide Non-invasive Prenatal Testing as a First-Tier Screening Test in the Netherlands

    Karuna R.M. van der Meij;Erik A. Sistermans;Merryn V.E. Macville;Servi J.C. Stevens

  • 3q29 Microdeletion Syndrome: Clinical and Molecular Characterization of a New Syndrome

    Lionel Willatt;James Cox;John Barber;Elisabet Dachs Cabanas

  • CYP21 gene mutation analysis in 198 patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiency in the Netherlands: Six novel mutations and a specific cluster of four mutations

    Nike M. M. L. Stikkelbroeck;Lies H. Hoefsloot;Ilse J. de Wijs;Barto J. Otten

  • L1 retrotransposition can occur early in human embryonic development

    José A.J.M. van den Hurk;Iwan C. Meij;Maria del Carmen Seleme;Hiroki Kano

  • Disruption of the gene Euchromatin Histone Methyl Transferase1 (Eu-HMTase1) is associated with the 9q34 subtelomeric deletion syndrome

    T. Kleefstra;M. Smidt;M.J.G. Banning;A.R. Oudakker

  • Genomic microarrays in mental retardation: a practical workflow for diagnostic applications.

    David A. Koolen;Rolph Pfundt;Nicole de Leeuw;Jayne Y. Hehir-Kwa

  • Screening for subtelomeric rearrangements in 210 patients with unexplained mental retardation using multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification (MLPA)

    D A Koolen;W M Nillesen;M H A Versteeg;G F M Merkx

  • Clinical spectrum of 4H leukodystrophy caused by POLR3A and POLR3B mutations

    Nicole I. Wolf;Adeline Vanderver;Rosalina M.L. van Spaendonk;Raphael Schiffmann

  • Duplication of the proteolipid protein gene is the major cause of Pelizaeus‐Merzbacher disease

    E.A. Sistermans;I.F.M. de Coo;I.J. de Wijs;B.A. van Oost

  • PLS3 mutations in X-linked osteoporosis with fractures

    Fleur S. van Dijk;M. Carola Zillikens;Dimitra Micha;Markus Riessland

  • Somatic mutations found in the healthy blood compartment of a 115-yr-old woman demonstrate oligoclonal hematopoiesis

    Henne Holstege;Wayne Pfeiffer;Daoud Sie;Marc Hulsman

  • Exonic Deletions in AUTS2 Cause a Syndromic Form of Intellectual Disability and Suggest a Critical Role for the C Terminus

    Gea Beunders;Els Voorhoeve;Christelle Golzio;Luba M. Pardo

  • Trial by Dutch laboratories for evaluation of non-invasive prenatal testing.: Part I-clinical impact

    Dick Oepkes;G. C. (Lieve) Page-Christiaens;Caroline J. Bax;Mireille N. Bekker;Mireille N. Bekker

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Koolen
David A. Koolen Radboud University
Gerard Pals
Gerard Pals Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University
Rolph Pfundt
Rolph Pfundt Radboud University
Helger G. Yntema
Helger G. Yntema Radboud University
Dominique Smeets
Dominique Smeets Radboud University
Joris A. Veltman
Joris A. Veltman University of Edinburgh
Marcel J. T. Reinders
Marcel J. T. Reinders Delft University of Technology
Tjitske Kleefstra
Tjitske Kleefstra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Quinten Waisfisz
Quinten Waisfisz Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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