Dr. William Leroy Caton M.D.
Neurosurgeon
630 S Raymond Ave Suite #330 Pasadena CA, 91105About
Dr. William Caton practices Neurological Surgery in Pasadena, CA. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Caton prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
Univ of Southern Ca Sch of Med, Los Angeles Ca 1971
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effect of relaxin on the excretion of diodrast in the castrate hysterectomized rabbit.
- The effect of hypophysectomy on fetal and placental growth in the rat.
- The effect of pregnancy on the excretion of water loads by rats.
- Persistence and utilization of maternal iron for blood formation during infancy.
- Newborn temperature. I. Temperatures of term normal infants.
- Rectal temperatures of term newborn infants with apnea.
- The use of the routine vaginal smear as a screening test for uterine carcinoma.
- Transplacental iron: its persistence during infancy as studied isotopically.
- The circulating red cell volume and body hematocrit in normal pregnancy and the puerperium by direct measurement using radioactive red cells.
- Excretion and concentration of urine solutes during normal pregnancy as measured by freezing point depression.
- Plasma volume and extravascular fluid volume during pregnancy and the puerperium.
- Use of computerized tomography scanning in supratentorial arachnoid cysts. A report on 20 children and four adults.
- Use of computerized tomography scanning in supratentorial arachnoid cysts. A report on 20 children and four adults.
- A new self-drilling skull traction device with flexion-extension modification. Technical note.
- A new self-drilling skull traction device with flexion-extension modification. Technical note.
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