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Patel B, Pepin K, Li S, Davies S, Rohatgi A, Herzog B, Ward J, Baggstrom M, Waqar S, Morgensztern D, Govindan R, Devarakonda S. PP01.28 Tumor Engraftment is Prognostic for Disease Recurrence in Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.09.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Knapp B, Mezquita L, Devarakonda S, Aldea M, Waqar S, Pepin K, Ward J, Botticella A, Howarth K, Knape C, Morris C, Govindan R, Besse B, Morgensztern D. FP07.11 Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) Clearance as a Biomarker in Patients With Locally Advanced NSCLC Following Chemoradiation. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kim R, Pepin K, Einarsson JI. Laparoscopic Excision of Transmural Rectal Endometriosis. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Pepin K, Cook F, Cohen SL. Risk of Complication at the Time of Laparoscopic Hysterectomy; A Prediction Model Built from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (Nsquip) Database. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bhangoo R, Mullikin T, Cheng T, DeWees T, Evans J, Golafshar M, Liu C, Pepin K, Hallemeier C, Rule W, Merrell K, Haddock M, Byrne T, Liu W, Ashman J, Sio T. Acute Toxicities and Short-Term Follow-up of 31 Patients Treated with Intensity-Modulated Proton Beam Radiotherapy (IMPT) for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC): A Single-Institution, Two Campus Experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.2056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pepin K, Gu X, Cohen S. Does the Relationship Between Uterine Size and Perioperative Complications Vary by Type of Surgeon? J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2018.09.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pepin K, Ansell S, Ehman R, McGee K. TU-G-BRA-09: MR Elastography as a Predictor of Therapeutic Response: Assessment in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4925759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Leon B, Jenkins S, Pepin K, Chaudhry H, Smith K, Zalos G, Miller BV, Chen KY, Remaley AT, Waclawiw MA, Sumner AE, Cannon RO. Insulin and extremity muscle mass in overweight and obese women. Int J Obes (Lond) 2013; 37:1560-4. [PMID: 23609936 PMCID: PMC3723704 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Revised: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Obesity disproportionately affects women, especially those of African descent, and is associated with increases in both fat and muscle masses. Although increased extremity muscle mass may be compensatory to fat mass load, we propose that elevated insulin levels resulting from diminished insulin sensitivity may additionally contribute to extremity muscle mass in overweight or obese women. The following measurements were performed in 197 non-diabetic women (57% black, 35% white; age 46±11 years [mean±SD], BMI range 25.0 to 57.7 kg/m2): dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for fat and extremity muscle masses; exercise performance by duration and peak oxygen consumption (VO2 peak) during graded treadmill exercise; fasting insulin and in 183 subjects insulin sensitivity index (SI) calculated from the minimal model. SI (range 0.5 to 14.1 liter/mU−1•min−1) was negatively, and fasting insulin (range 1.9 to 35.6 μU/mL) positively, associated with extremity muscle mass (both P<0.001), independent of age and height. Sixty-seven percent of women completed 6 months of participation in a weight loss and exercise program: We found a significant association between reduction in fasting insulin and a decrease in extremity muscle mass (P=0.038), independent of reduction in fat mass or improvement in exercise performance by VO2 peak and exercise duration, and without association with change in SI or interaction by race. Thus, hyperinsulinemia in overweight or obese women is associated with increased extremity muscle mass, which is partially reversible with reduction in fasting insulin concentration, consistent with stimulatory effects of insulin on skeletal muscle.
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- B Leon
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive Diseases and Kidney Diseases; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Pepin K, Momose F, Ishida N, Nagata K. Molecular cloning of horse Hsp90 cDNA and its comparative analysis with other vertebrate Hsp90 sequences. J Vet Med Sci 2001; 63:115-24. [PMID: 11258446 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.63.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), a molecular chaperone, is ubiquitous and involved in numerous cellular processes. To contribute to the relatively small collection of vertebrate Hsp90 sequences in the gene data bank, we cloned and sequenced horse (Equus caballus) Hsp90 alpha and beta cDNAs. This enabled identification of horse-specific primers for development of a convenient PCR-based method that could monitor horse stress tolerance. We analyzed the sequence data comparatively and phylogenetically with other Hsp90 cDNA sequences, and identified vertebrate-specific and isoform-specific conserved regions to facilitate future molecular investigations of Hsp90 functions. We found 4 highly conserved regions to vertebrate Hsp90 exclusively and 27 amino acids conserved among but differing between Hsp90 alpha and Hsp90 beta sequences. Protein-based phylogenetic trees revealed high conservation between mammal species within Hsp90 alpha and beta clusters. Comparison of nucleotide and amino acid substitution levels suggests that horse Hsp90 beta has undergone strong purifying selection, while rat Hsp90 beta and hamster Hsp90 alpha have been positively selected. Surprisingly, fish Hsp90 alpha genes clearly clustered with Hsp90 beta genes, and no distinct placement of fish Hsp90 alpha protein was found. The Hsp90 alpha isoform is apparently the result of beta gene duplication. Our results highlight the importance of organism- and isoform-specific Hsp90 functional analyses in describing the role of Hsp90 in cells.
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- K Pepin
- Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Yokohama, Japan
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Tabata S, Kaneko T, Nakamura Y, Kotani H, Kato T, Asamizu E, Miyajima N, Sasamoto S, Kimura T, Hosouchi T, Kawashima K, Kohara M, Matsumoto M, Matsuno A, Muraki A, Nakayama S, Nakazaki N, Naruo K, Okumura S, Shinpo S, Takeuchi C, Wada T, Watanabe A, Yamada M, Yasuda M, Sato S, de la Bastide M, Huang E, Spiegel L, Gnoj L, O'Shaughnessy A, Preston R, Habermann K, Murray J, Johnson D, Rohlfing T, Nelson J, Stoneking T, Pepin K, Spieth J, Sekhon M, Armstrong J, Becker M, Belter E, Cordum H, Cordes M, Courtney L, Courtney W, Dante M, Du H, Edwards J, Fryman J, Haakensen B, Lamar E, Latreille P, Leonard S, Meyer R, Mulvaney E, Ozersky P, Riley A, Strowmatt C, Wagner-McPherson C, Wollam A, Yoakum M, Bell M, Dedhia N, Parnell L, Shah R, Rodriguez M, See LH, Vil D, Baker J, Kirchoff K, Toth K, King L, Bahret A, Miller B, Marra M, Martienssen R, McCombie WR, Wilson RK, Murphy G, Bancroft I, Volckaert G, Wambutt R, Düsterhöft A, Stiekema W, Pohl T, Entian KD, Terryn N, Hartley N, Bent E, Johnson S, Langham SA, McCullagh B, Robben J, Grymonprez B, Zimmermann W, Ramsperger U, Wedler H, Balke K, Wedler E, Peters S, van Staveren M, Dirkse W, Mooijman P, Lankhorst RK, Weitzenegger T, Bothe G, Rose M, Hauf J, Berneiser S, Hempel S, Feldpausch M, Lamberth S, Villarroel R, Gielen J, Ardiles W, Bents O, Lemcke K, Kolesov G, Mayer K, Rudd S, Schoof H, Schueller C, Zaccaria P, Mewes HW, Bevan M, Fransz P. Sequence and analysis of chromosome 5 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature 2000; 408:823-6. [PMID: 11130714 DOI: 10.1038/35048507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The genome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana has been sequenced by an international collaboration, The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative. Here we report the complete sequence of chromosome 5. This chromosome is 26 megabases long; it is the second largest Arabidopsis chromosome and represents 21% of the sequenced regions of the genome. The sequence of chromosomes 2 and 4 have been reported previously and that of chromosomes 1 and 3, together with an analysis of the complete genome sequence, are reported in this issue. Analysis of the sequence of chromosome 5 yields further insights into centromere structure and the sequence determinants of heterochromatin condensation. The 5,874 genes encoded on chromosome 5 reveal several new functions in plants, and the patterns of gene organization provide insights into the mechanisms and extent of genome evolution in plants.
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- S Tabata
- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
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Ellsworth RE, Jamison DC, Touchman JW, Chissoe SL, Braden Maduro VV, Bouffard GG, Dietrich NL, Beckstrom-Sternberg SM, Iyer LM, Weintraub LA, Cotton M, Courtney L, Edwards J, Maupin R, Ozersky P, Rohlfing T, Wohldmann P, Miner T, Kemp K, Kramer J, Korf I, Pepin K, Antonacci-Fulton L, Fulton RS, Minx P, Hillier LW, Wilson RK, Waterston RH, Miller W, Green ED. Comparative genomic sequence analysis of the human and mouse cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:1172-7. [PMID: 10655503 PMCID: PMC15558 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.3.1172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The identification of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene (CFTR) in 1989 represents a landmark accomplishment in human genetics. Since that time, there have been numerous advances in elucidating the function of the encoded protein and the physiological basis of cystic fibrosis. However, numerous areas of cystic fibrosis biology require additional investigation, some of which would be facilitated by information about the long-range sequence context of the CFTR gene. For example, the latter might provide clues about the sequence elements responsible for the temporal and spatial regulation of CFTR expression. We thus sought to establish the sequence of the chromosomal segments encompassing the human CFTR and mouse Cftr genes, with the hope of identifying conserved regions of biologic interest by sequence comparison. Bacterial clone-based physical maps of the relevant human and mouse genomic regions were constructed, and minimally overlapping sets of clones were selected and sequenced, eventually yielding approximately 1.6 Mb and approximately 358 kb of contiguous human and mouse sequence, respectively. These efforts have produced the complete sequence of the approximately 189-kb and approximately 152-kb segments containing the human CFTR and mouse Cftr genes, respectively, as well as significant amounts of flanking DNA. Analyses of the resulting data provide insights about the organization of the CFTR/Cftr genes and potential sequence elements regulating their expression. Furthermore, the generated sequence reveals the precise architecture of genes residing near CFTR/Cftr, including one known gene (WNT2/Wnt2) and two previously unknown genes that immediately flank CFTR/Cftr.
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- R E Ellsworth
- Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Mayer K, Schüller C, Wambutt R, Murphy G, Volckaert G, Pohl T, Düsterhöft A, Stiekema W, Entian KD, Terryn N, Harris B, Ansorge W, Brandt P, Grivell L, Rieger M, Weichselgartner M, de Simone V, Obermaier B, Mache R, Müller M, Kreis M, Delseny M, Puigdomenech P, Watson M, Schmidtheini T, Reichert B, Portatelle D, Perez-Alonso M, Boutry M, Bancroft I, Vos P, Hoheisel J, Zimmermann W, Wedler H, Ridley P, Langham SA, McCullagh B, Bilham L, Robben J, Van der Schueren J, Grymonprez B, Chuang YJ, Vandenbussche F, Braeken M, Weltjens I, Voet M, Bastiaens I, Aert R, Defoor E, Weitzenegger T, Bothe G, Ramsperger U, Hilbert H, Braun M, Holzer E, Brandt A, Peters S, van Staveren M, Dirske W, Mooijman P, Klein Lankhorst R, Rose M, Hauf J, Kötter P, Berneiser S, Hempel S, Feldpausch M, Lamberth S, Van den Daele H, De Keyser A, Buysshaert C, Gielen J, Villarroel R, De Clercq R, Van Montagu M, Rogers J, Cronin A, Quail M, Bray-Allen S, Clark L, Doggett J, Hall S, Kay M, Lennard N, McLay K, Mayes R, Pettett A, Rajandream MA, Lyne M, Benes V, Rechmann S, Borkova D, Blöcker H, Scharfe M, Grimm M, Löhnert TH, Dose S, de Haan M, Maarse A, Schäfer M, Müller-Auer S, Gabel C, Fuchs M, Fartmann B, Granderath K, Dauner D, Herzl A, Neumann S, Argiriou A, Vitale D, Liguori R, Piravandi E, Massenet O, Quigley F, Clabauld G, Mündlein A, Felber R, Schnabl S, Hiller R, Schmidt W, Lecharny A, Aubourg S, Chefdor F, Cooke R, Berger C, Montfort A, Casacuberta E, Gibbons T, Weber N, Vandenbol M, Bargues M, Terol J, Torres A, Perez-Perez A, Purnelle B, Bent E, Johnson S, Tacon D, Jesse T, Heijnen L, Schwarz S, Scholler P, Heber S, Francs P, Bielke C, Frishman D, Haase D, Lemcke K, Mewes HW, Stocker S, Zaccaria P, Bevan M, Wilson RK, de la Bastide M, Habermann K, Parnell L, Dedhia N, Gnoj L, Schutz K, Huang E, Spiegel L, Sehkon M, Murray J, Sheet P, Cordes M, Abu-Threideh J, Stoneking T, Kalicki J, Graves T, Harmon G, Edwards J, Latreille P, Courtney L, Cloud J, Abbott A, Scott K, Johnson D, Minx P, Bentley D, Fulton B, Miller N, Greco T, Kemp K, Kramer J, Fulton L, Mardis E, Dante M, Pepin K, Hillier L, Nelson J, Spieth J, Ryan E, Andrews S, Geisel C, Layman D, Du H, Ali J, Berghoff A, Jones K, Drone K, Cotton M, Joshu C, Antonoiu B, Zidanic M, Strong C, Sun H, Lamar B, Yordan C, Ma P, Zhong J, Preston R, Vil D, Shekher M, Matero A, Shah R, Swaby IK, O'Shaughnessy A, Rodriguez M, Hoffmann J, Till S, Granat S, Shohdy N, Hasegawa A, Hameed A, Lodhi M, Johnson A, Chen E, Marra M, Martienssen R, McCombie WR. Sequence and analysis of chromosome 4 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature 1999; 402:769-77. [PMID: 10617198 DOI: 10.1038/47134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) is an important model for identifying plant genes and determining their function. To assist biological investigations and to define chromosome structure, a coordinated effort to sequence the Arabidopsis genome was initiated in late 1996. Here we report one of the first milestones of this project, the sequence of chromosome 4. Analysis of 17.38 megabases of unique sequence, representing about 17% of the genome, reveals 3,744 protein coding genes, 81 transfer RNAs and numerous repeat elements. Heterochromatic regions surrounding the putative centromere, which has not yet been completely sequenced, are characterized by an increased frequency of a variety of repeats, new repeats, reduced recombination, lowered gene density and lowered gene expression. Roughly 60% of the predicted protein-coding genes have been functionally characterized on the basis of their homology to known genes. Many genes encode predicted proteins that are homologous to human and Caenorhabditis elegans proteins.
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- K Mayer
- GSF-Forschungszentrum f. Umwelt u. Gesundheit, Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences am Max-Planck-Institut f. Biochemie, Germany
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Sandford R, Sgotto B, Aparicio S, Brenner S, Vaudin M, Wilson RK, Chissoe S, Pepin K, Bateman A, Chothia C, Hughes J, Harris P. Comparative analysis of the polycystic kidney disease 1 (PKD1) gene reveals an integral membrane glycoprotein with multiple evolutionary conserved domains. Hum Mol Genet 1997; 6:1483-9. [PMID: 9285785 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.9.1483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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PKD1 is the major locus of the common genetic disorder autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Analysis of the predicted protein sequence of the human PKD1 gene, polycystin, shows a large molecule with a unique arrangement of extracellular domains and multiple putative transmembrane regions. The precise function of polycystin remains unclear with a paucity of mutations to define key structural and functional domains. To refine the structure of this protein we have cloned the genomic region encoding the Fugu PKD1 gene. Fugu PKD1 spans 36 kb of genomic DNA and has greater complexity with 54 exons compared with 46 in man. Comparative analysis of the predicted protein sequences shows a lower level of homology than in similar studies with identity of 40 and 59% similarity. However key structural motifs including leucine rich repeats (LRR), a C-type lectin and LDL-A like domains and 16 PKD repeats are maintained. A region of homology with the sea urchin REJ protein was also confirmed in Fugu but found to extend over 1000 amino acids. Several highly conserved intra- and extra-cellular regions, with no known sequence homologies, that are likely to be of functional importance were detected. The likely structure of the membrane associated region has been refined with similarity to the PKD2 protein and voltage gated Ca2+ and Na+ channels highlighted over part of this area. The overall protein structure has therefore been clarified and this comparative analysis derived structure will form the basis for the functional study of polycystin and its individual domains.
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- R Sandford
- Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
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Anonson J, Rose A, Pepin K. Teambuilding: a positive force in times of change. AARN News Lett 1995; 51:14-5. [PMID: 8701721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The health care system continues to undergo revolutionary changes in the 90's. Never before in this area have we seen so many changes occur so quickly in such a short period of time. Funding changes and decreases to hospitals are only one of the critical factors ultimately effecting patient care and the direction of health in the future. Staffing changes because of bumping due to seniority and redesign efforts have had an even greater impact on the day to day operation of a hospital unit. This article attempts to address some of these concerns with one practical process that is universally accepted and can be readily implemented. This process which is springing up in the literature and is fast becoming the popular term of this decade is that of "TEAMBUILDING". In the next few pages an interdisciplinary team will describe their successful efforts at teambuilding in one clinical program.
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