Dr. Duncan Sybren Postma M.D.
Ear-Nose and Throat Doctor (ENT)
1405 Centerville Rd Suite 5400 Tallahassee FL, 32308Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Duncan Postma came to Tallahassee in 1986 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he had been an assistant professor. He received his board certification in Otolaryngology – ...
Education and Training
Univ of Nc At Chapel Hill Sch of Med, Chapel Hill Nc 1977
Physician Assistant Studies, Barry University, FL 1977
Board Certification
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Vascular adhesion molecules in nocturnal asthma: a possible role for VCAM-1 in ongoing airway wall inflammation.
- The relationship of skin test positivity, high serum total IgE levels, and peripheral blood eosinophilia to symptomatic and asymptomatic airway hyperresponsiveness.
- Effects of ambient air pollution on upper and lower respiratory symptoms and peak expiratory flow in children.
- The many faces of airway inflammation. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Asthma Research Group.
- Interleukin-15 differentially enhances the expression of interferon-gamma and interleukin-4 in activated human (CD4+) T lymphocytes.
- New immunosuppressive drugs and lung transplantation: last or least?
- Peripheral blood T lymphocytes from asthmatic patients are primed for enhanced expression of interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-5 mRNA: associations with lung function and serum IgE.
- Long term effects of inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis.
- Markers of nitric oxide metabolism in sputum and exhaled air are not increased in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Long-term treatment with inhaled budesonide in persons with mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who continue smoking. European Respiratory Society Study on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
- Allergen challenge primes for IL-5 mRNA production and abrogates beta-adrenergic function in peripheral blood T lymphocytes from asthmatics.
- Risk factors from childhood to adulthood for bronchial responsiveness at age 32-42 yr.
- Smoking and airway hyperresponsiveness especially in the presence of blood eosinophilia increase the risk to develop respiratory symptoms: a 25-year follow-up study in the general adult population.
- The Link Between Asthma and COPD. Foreword, summary and conclusions.
- Proteoglycan changes in the extracellular matrix of lung tissue from patients with pulmonary emphysema.
Treatments
- Headaches
- Sinusitis
- Hearing Loss
- Sleep Apnea
- Ear Wax
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
- Goiter
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