User profiles for G. Elhanan

Gai Elhanan

Associate researcher, DRI
Verified email at dri.edu
Cited by 1323

Population genetic screening efficiently identifies carriers of autosomal dominant diseases

JJ Grzymski, G Elhanan, JA Morales Rosado, E Smith… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Three inherited autosomal dominant conditions—BRCA-related hereditary breast and
ovarian cancer (HBOC), Lynch syndrome (LS) and familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)—have …

[HTML][HTML] Auditing complex concepts of SNOMED using a refined hierarchical abstraction network

…, M Halper, D Wei, H Gu, Y Perl, J Xu, G Elhanan… - Journal of biomedical …, 2012 - Elsevier
Auditors of a large terminology, such as SNOMED CT, face a daunting challenge. To aid them
in their efforts, it is essential to devise techniques that can automatically identify concepts …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide rare variant analysis for thousands of phenotypes in over 70,000 exomes from two cohorts

ET Cirulli, S White, RW Read, G Elhanan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding the impact of rare variants is essential to understanding human health. We
analyze rare (MAF < 0.1%) variants against 4264 phenotypes in 49,960 exome-sequenced …

Pathogenic variants in actionable MODY genes are associated with type 2 diabetes

…, V Dhennin, JM Borys, JT Lu, ET Cirulli, G Elhanan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have identified 240 independent loci associated with type
2 diabetes (T2D) risk, but this knowledge has not advanced precision medicine. In contrast, …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of HECT E3 ligases as potential therapy for COVID-19

…, HC Su, L Abel, A Cobat, G Elhanan… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for the ongoing world-wide pandemic which has already taken
more than two million lives. Effective treatments are urgently needed. The enzymatic activity …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 test positivity rate in Reno, Nevada: association with PM2. 5 during the 2020 wildfire smoke events in the western United States

D Kiser, G Elhanan, WJ Metcalf, B Schnieder… - Journal of exposure …, 2021 - nature.com
Background Air pollution has been linked to increased susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2. Thus,
it has been suggested that wildfire smoke events may exacerbate the COVID-19 pandemic. …

Empiric antibiotic treatment and the misuse of culture results and antibiotic sensitivities in patients with community-acquired bacteraemia due to urinary tract infection

G Elhanan, M Sarhat, R Raz - Journal of Infection, 1997 - Elsevier
Recent data suggests that culture isolations and susceptibility profiles are overlooked,
misinterpreted and are not a major determinant in the process of selecting anti-bacterial therapy. …

Supporting infobuttons with terminological knowledge.

JJ Cimino, G Elhanan, Q Zeng - … of the AMIA annual fall symposium, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We have developed several prototype applications which integrate clinical systems with on-line
information resources by using patient data to drive queries in response to user …

[HTML][HTML] Particulate matter and emergency visits for asthma: A time-series study of their association in the presence and absence of wildfire smoke in Reno, Nevada …

D Kiser, WJ Metcalf, G Elhanan, B Schnieder… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Background Health risks due to particulate matter (PM) from wildfires may differ from risk due
to PM from other sources. In places frequently subjected to wildfire smoke, such as Reno, …

Single-dose fosfomycin trometamol versus 5-day cephalexin regimen for treatment of uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections in women

G Elhanan, H Tabenkin, R Yahalom… - Antimicrobial agents and …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
… -g dose of fosfomycin trometamol for the treatment of uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections
in women compared with a 5-day regimen of cephalexin at 0.5 g … a single 3-g dose is as …