Dr. Joan Christine Han MD
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
10-Crc, 1-3330, Msc 1103 10 Center Drive Bethesda MD, 20892About
Dr. Joan Han is a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Han 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.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Endocrinology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evidence for hypermetabolism in boys with constitutional delay of growth and maturation.
- Amino-terminal propeptide of C-type natriuretic peptide and linear growth in children: effects of puberty, testosterone, and growth hormone.
- Investigation of a patient with a partial trisomy 16q including the fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO): fine mapping and FTO gene expression study.
- Lower brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with prader-willi syndrome compared to obese and lean control subjects.
- Childhood obesity.
- Effects of growth hormone and nutritional therapy in boys with constitutional growth delay: a randomized controlled trial.
- Amino-terminal propeptide of C-type natriuretic peptide (NTproCNP) predicts height velocity in healthy children.
- Loxapine add-on for adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorders and irritability.
- Pineal hypoplasia, reduced melatonin and sleep disturbance in patients with PAX6 haploinsufficiency.
- Human Obesity Associated with an Intronic SNP in the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Locus.
- Exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals during gestation lowers energy expenditure and impairs skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in adult mice.
- Targeting the endocannabinoid/CB1 receptor system for treating obesity in Prader-Willi syndrome.
- Diabetes Prevention Program in Youth (Insulin Superheroes Club) Pilot: Improvement in Metabolic Parameters and Physical Fitness After 16 Weeks of Lifestyle Intervention.
- Dopamine antagonists for treatment resistance in autism spectrum disorders: review and focus on BDNF stimulators loxapine and amitriptyline.
- PROMIS Sleep Disturbance and Sleep-Related Impairment in Adolescents: Examining Psychometrics Using Self-Report and Actigraphy.
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