Scholars@Duke
Elizabeth Reiser Kerr

Elizabeth Reiser Kerr

Clinical Faculty in the Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics

Selected Publications

Correction to: Radiation exposure to the surgeon during minimally invasive spine procedures is directly estimated by patient dose.

Journal Article Eur Spine J · March 2020 Unfortunately, the first author surname was incorrectly published as "Harrison Farber" instead of "Farber" in original publication. ... Full text Link to item Cite

ASL Metabolically Regulates Tyrosine Hydroxylase in the Nucleus Locus Coeruleus.

Journal Article Cell Rep · November 19, 2019 Patients with germline mutations in the urea-cycle enzyme argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) are at risk for developing neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits. We find that ASL is prominently expressed in the nucleus locus coeruleus (LC), the central source of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiation exposure to the surgeon during minimally invasive spine procedures is directly estimated by patient dose.

Journal Article Eur Spine J · August 2018 PURPOSE: Radiation exposure is a necessary component of minimally invasive spine procedures to augment limited visualization of anatomy. The surgeon's exposure to ionizing radiation is not easily recognizable without a digital dosimeter-something few surge ... Full text Link to item Cite

Maternal uniparental isodisomy for chromosome 6 discovered by paternity testing: a case report.

Journal Article Mol Cytogenet · 2018 BACKGROUND: Uniparental disomy (UPD) is a rare condition in which a child inherits both copies of a chromosome or chromosome segment from one parent. Medical consequences of UPD may include abnormal imprinting, unmasking of genetic disease, and somatic mos ... Full text Link to item Cite

C-arm Positioning Is a Significant Source of Radiation in Spine Surgery.

Journal Article Spine (Phila Pa 1976) · May 1, 2017 STUDY DESIGN: Prospective chart review. OBJECTIVE: It is well-known that radiation exposure during minimally invasive spine procedures can be substantial. Less interest has focused on setup radiation exposure before incision, including preoperative images ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Effect of Patient Race on Extent of Functional Improvement After Cervical Spine Surgery.

Journal Article Spine (Phila Pa 1976) · May 2016 STUDY DESIGN: A longitudinal cohort study. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we set out to assess the association between racial differences and health outcomes after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Although racial dispa ... Full text Link to item Cite