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Average age of menopause in the US
51
Percentage of reduction in hot flashes with estrogen treatment
80-90%
Percentage of premenopausal breast lumps that are benign
90%
Top cancers in females (US) in order of greatest incidence
breast, lung, colon
Top cancers in females (US) in order of greatest mortality
lung, breast, colon
Percentage of breast cancers occurring in women with genetic predisposition
5-10%
Lifetime risk of breast cancer in BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers
30-80%
Decrease in ovarian cancer risk with 10 years of oral contraceptive use
50%
Ovarian cancer lifetime risk
1/70
Age to start Pap smear screening
21
Frequency of cervical cancer screening between ages 21 and 30
2 years
Age when low risk patients can be screened every 3 years
30
Age to discontinue screening per ACS
70
Number of months the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends
exclusive breastfeeding
6 months
Percentage of women who experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime
29%
Low risk HPV subtypes:
6 and 11
High risk HPV subtypes:
16, 18, 31, 33, 35
HPV subtypes covered by Gardisil vaccine
6, 11, 16, 18
Time period by which most cervical HPV infections are cleared-
8-24 months
Risk of endometrial carcinoma in patients with hyperplasia without atypia
1-3%
Risk of endometrial carcinoma in patient with hyperplasia with atypia
up to 25-35%
Specific mutation in DiGeorge syndrome?
Detection?
deletion in 22q11.2

FISH
Specific mutation in Down syndrome?
Detection?
trisomy 21 (maternal nondisjunction)
OR
der(14), t(14;21)

karyotyping via CVS or amnio
Specific mutation in Turner syndrome?
Detection?
50%: 45,X (paternal nondisjunction)
Mosaics: 46,XX; 46,XY; 47,XXX
Structural: X isochromosomes, deletions, rings, translocations
Specific mutation in PKU?
Detection?
allelic heterogeneity, >400 mutations in phenylalanine hydroxylase gene on 12q23
OR
impaired recycling/synth of BH4 (biopterin)

filter paper spotting
Specific mutation in MCAD deficiency?
Detection?
K304E (most common) change in ACADM gene on 1p31

acylcarnitine species by tandem mass spectrometry from spotted filter paper; confirm w/ molecular testing for specific mutations
Specific mutation in Prader-Willi syndrome?
Detection?
Absence/methylation of paternal PW/Angelman region on 15q11.2-q13

1) methylation testing
2) FISH - deletions
3) microsatellite analysis - UPD
Specific mutation in Huntington disease?
Detection?
CAG trinucleotide expansion on 4p

PCR
Specific mutation in Fragile X syndrome?
Detection?
CGG trinucleotide in FMR1 gene on Xq27

Southern blot for full and pre-mutations/PCR for nl and small premutation
Specific mutation in muscular dystrophy?
Detection?
allelic heterogeneity in dystrophin on Xp21
Mutation in cystic fibrosis?

Detection?
allelic heterogeneity
F508 in CFTR gene on 7q31.2

DNA screening or IRT, followed by sweat test
Which hereditary deafness syndrome is associated with PAX3 and MITF mutations?
AD or AR?
Waardenburg Syndrome (telecanthus, pigmentary dysplasia)

AD
Which hereditary deafness syndrome is associated with EYA1 mutation?
AD or AR?
Branchio-oto-renal (BOR) syndrome

AD
Which hereditary deafness syndrome is associated with SLC263A mutations?

AD or AR?
Pendred syndrome (dysplastic chochlea, enlarged vestibular aqueducts, euthyroid goiter)

AR
Which hereditary deafness syndrome is associated with retinitis pigmentosa?

AD or AR?
Usher syndrome

AR
What is the most common non-syndromic cause of hereditary hearing loss?
AD or AR?
Gene?
Protein product(s)?
DFNB
AR
GJB2, GJB6
Connexin 26 and 30
What mutation predisposes to hearing loss with aminoglycoside exposure?
A1555G
What type of inheritance pattern is Marfan Syndrome?

How is it detected?

What is the mutated gene/protein?
AD

Sequence analysis

allelic heterogeneity; FBN1 gene on 15q21 (fibrillin)
What is the most common mode of inheritance for mitochondrial diseases?
autosomal recessive in nuclear genes
Where are mitochondrial complexes I-V encoded?
I, III, IV, and V - nuclear and mitochondrial DNA

II - only nuclear DNA
What are the diagnostic clinical features of NF1?
- cafe au lait spots
- axillary freckles
- Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas)
- optic gliomas
- neurofibromas
- bony lesions
- first-degree relative with NF1
How is NF1 inherited?

Gene/protein?
AD, allelic heterogeneity

NF1 gene on 17q (neurofibromin)