Dr. Dorothy I Shulman MD
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
800 6th St S Children's Health Ce Saint Petersburg FL, 33701About
Dr. Dorothy Shulman is a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in Saint Petersburg, FL. Dr. Shulman specializes in growth, puberty, diabetes or other disorders related to hormones that produce certain conditions in children and growing young adults. Pediatric endocrinologists possess copious knowledge on hormone chemicals and how they can affect other parts of the body and their functions.
Education and Training
Univ of Ks Sch of Med, Kansas City Ks 1978
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Endocrinology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gastrointestinal effects of growth hormone.
- Using real-time, quantitative PCR for rapid genotyping of the steroid 21-hydroxylase gene in a north Florida population.
- Metabolic effects of growth hormone in the child and adolescent.
- Effects of short-term growth hormone therapy in rats undergoing 75% small intestinal resection.
- Maternal side effects of prenatal dexamethasone therapy for fetal congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
- Gender does not influence prepubertal growth velocity during standard growth hormone therapy--analysis of United States KIGS data.
- Ambiguous genitalia.
- Natural history of idiopathic diabetes insipidus.
- Patient information page from The Hormone Foundation. Growth hormone deficiency
- Is there "seasonal" variation in height velocity in children treated with growth hormone? Data from the National Cooperative Growth Study.
- Characteristics of children with the best and poorest first- and second-year growth during rhGH therapy: data from 25 years of the Genentech national cooperative growth study (NCGS).
- Progressive central puberty in a toddler with partial androgen insensitivity.
- Hyperparathyroidism two years after radioactive iodine therapy in an adolescent male.
- Poor head growth as a presenting sign of a cortisol-secreting adrenal adenoma in a 2-year-old boy.
- Preservation of dopaminergic and alpha-adrenergic function in children with growth hormone neurosecretory dysfunction.
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