Rachel Hensler Purcell M.S., CCC/SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
60 HIGHLAND RD BETHEL PARK PA, 15102About
Dr. Rachel Purcell is a speech language pathologist practicing in BETHEL PARK, PA. Dr. Purcell specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Purcell evaluates, diagnoses and treats patients with communication and swallowing troubles. These conditions may be due to developmental delay, brain injury, hearing loss, autism, stroke or other diseases and injuries. Dr. Purcell helps patients make sounds and improve their voices through various methods. Speech language pathologists also work with patients to strengthen muscles used to speak and swallow, and work with individuals and families to help cope with their conditions.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- In vivo analysis of the 3' untranslated region of the hepatitis C virus after in
- Experimental transmission of hepatitis C virus-associated fulminant hepatitis to a chimpanzee.
- Localization of hepatitis A antigen in liver tissue by peroxidase-conjugated antibody method: light and electron microscopic studies.
- Localization of hepatitis A antigen in liver tissue by peroxidase-conjugated antibody method: light and electron microscopic studies.
- DNA immunization of mice and macaques with plasmids encoding hepatitis C virus envelope E2 protein expressed intracellularly and on the cell surface.
- Route and method of delivery of DNA vaccine influence immune responses in mice and non-human primates.
- Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis E virus isolates from India (1976-1993).
- Licensed recombinant hepatitis B vaccines protect chimpanzees against infection with the prototype surface gene mutant of hepatitis B virus.
- Evidence for widespread infection of wild rats with hepatitis E virus in the United States.
- Evidence that the genomic RNA of hepatitis E virus is capped.
- Hepatitis C virus: an infectious molecular clone of a second major genotype (2a) and lack of viability of intertypic 1a and 2a chimeras.
- Quasispecies in viral persistence and pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus.
- Prevalence of antibodies to the hepatitis E virus in pigs from countries where hepatitis E is common or is rare in the human population.
- High prevalence of TT virus (TTV) infection in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: frequent mixed infections with different genotypes and lack of evidence of associated liver disease.
- Effects of age and viral determinants on chronicity as an outcome of experimental woodchuck hepatitis virus infection.
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