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Gordon Worley

Gordon Worley

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Neurology
worle001@mc.duke.edu
408 Deming Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
408 Deming Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Office hours Tuesdays usually  

Featured Works

Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele and outcomes of traumatic spinal cord injury.

Journal article J Spinal Cord Med · 2008 Featured Publication BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphisms are associated with outcomes after spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS: Retrospective cohort study, from rehabilitation admission to discharge. PARTICIPANTS: Convenience ... Full text Link to item Cite

Investigation of potential gene-gene interactions between APOE and RELN contributing to autism risk.

Journal article Psychiatr Genet · August 2007 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Several candidate gene studies support RELN as susceptibility gene for autism. Given the complex inheritance pattern of autism, it is expected that gene-gene interactions will exist. A logical starting point for examining potential gene-gene in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Serum prealbumin and albumin concentrations do not reflect nutritional state in children with cerebral palsy.

Journal article J Pediatr · November 2005 Featured Publication Serum prealbumin concentration (PALB) and albumin concentration (ALB) were evaluated as markers of undernutrition in 107 children with cerebral palsy (CP) age 2 to 18 years. PALB and ALB were rarely below the normal reference ranges and showed little to no ... Full text Link to item Cite

New onset focal weakness in children with Down syndrome.

Journal article Am J Med Genet A · July 1, 2004 Featured Publication New onset focal weakness is relatively common in patients with Down syndrome (DS), and has broad differential diagnosis. Ten cases of new onset focal weakness in patients with DS were encountered or are currently being followed in two DS clinics, with a co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Laryngeal dystonia causing inspiratory stridor in children with cerebral palsy.

Journal article Laryngoscope · December 2003 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE To present three cases of inspiratory stridor caused by laryngeal dystonia (LD) in children with cerebral palsy (CP), one of whom is being treated by periodic botulinum toxin type A (BTX) injection into a vocalis muscle, thereby avoiding tracheos ... Full text Link to item Cite

Secondary sexual characteristics in children with cerebral palsy and moderate to severe motor impairment: a cross-sectional survey.

Journal article Pediatrics · November 2002 Featured Publication OBJECTIVES: To compare the development of secondary sexual characteristics in children with cerebral palsy (CP) of moderate to severe motor impairment to children in the general population and to relate their sexual maturation to a measure of their body fa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Survival at 5 years of a cohort of newborn infants with myelomeningocele.

Journal article Dev Med Child Neurol · September 1996 Featured Publication Over a nine-year period, 63 viable newborns with myelomeningocele were consecutively treated, of whom 11 (17%) developed brainstem symptoms assessed to be potentially life-threatening. All 11 underwent brainstem decompression by cervical laminectomy with s ... Full text Link to item Cite