Dr. Gerald R. Higgins MD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
13652 Cantara St Panorama City CA, 91402About
Dr. Gerald Higgins is a pathologist practicing in Panorama City, CA. Dr. Higgins is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Higgins can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Higgins may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
University of California 1976
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phase I clinical evaluation of diaziquone in childhood cancer.
- Hepatitis-associated (Australia) antigen and Down's syndrome.
- Acute thymic hemorrhage. An unusual cause of respiratory distress in infancy.
- Acute leukemia during the first year of life. Presentation, chemotherapy and clinical course.
- Serum fetoprotein and malignancy in children.
- Childhood leukemia and lymphoma: correlation of clinical features with immunological and morphological studies.
- Childhood leukemia and lymphoma: correlation of clinical features with immunological and morphological studies.
- Absence of neurotoxicity following massive intrathecal administration of methotrexate. Case report.
- Patterns of Hodgkin's disease at diagnosis in young children.
- Phase II evaluation of diglycoaldehyde (Inox) in children with acute leukemia: a children's cancer study group report.
- Staging laparotomy for Hodgkin's disease in children. Evaluation of the technique.
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