Dr. Norman B Javitt M.D.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
550 First Ave Suite 4g New York Un New York NY, 10016About
Dr. Norman Javitt is a gastroenterologist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Javitt specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Javitt performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- "Cheno" therapy for gallstones: where the Cooperative Study now stands.
- 27-hydroxycholesterol: production rates in normal human subjects.
- Parenteral nutrition and neonatal cholestasis.
- Parenteral nutrition and neonatal cholestasis.
- Structure and functions of human oxysterol 7alpha-hydroxylase cDNAs and gene CYP7B1.
- Cholestasis in infancy. Status report and conceptual approach.
- Oxysterols: 27-hydroxycholesterol and its radiolabeled analog.
- Biologic role(s) of the 25(R),26-hydroxycholesterol metabolic pathway.
- Cholesterol and hydroxycholesterol sulfotransferases: identification, distinction from dehydroepiandrosterone sulfotransferase, and differential tissue expression.
- Cholestatic jaundice.
- Conversion of 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol to bile acid in human subjects: is there an alternate pathway favoring cholic acid synthesis?
- Cholesterol, hydroxycholesterols, and bile acids.
- 25R,26-Hydroxycholesterol revisited: synthesis, metabolism, and biologic roles.
- Mutational analysis of human hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase SULT2B1 isoforms reveals that exon 1B of the SULT2B1 gene produces cholesterol sulfotransferase, whereas exon 1A yields pregnenolone sulfotransferase.
- 27-Hydroxylation of 7- and 8-dehydrocholesterol in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: a novel metabolic pathway.
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