Patricia L Blount
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
AMBULATORY CLINIC SEATTLE WA, 98109About
Dr. Patricia Blount is a gastroenterologist practicing in SEATTLE, WA. Dr. Blount specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Blount performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Med Coll of Ga Sch of Med, Augusta Ga 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Safety of a systematic endoscopic biopsy protocol in patients with Barrett's esophagus.
- Optimizing endoscopic biopsy detection of early cancers in Barrett's high-grade dysplasia.
- p16(INK4a) lesions are common, early abnormalities that undergo clonal expansion in Barrett's metaplastic epithelium.
- Predictors of progression in Barrett's esophagus III: baseline flow cytometric variables.
- Intestinal differentiation in metaplastic, nongoblet columnar epithelium in the esophagus.
- Assessment of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Risk Using Somatic Chromosome Alterations in Longitudinal Samples in Barrett's Esophagus.
- High Goblet Cell Count Is Inversely Associated with Ploidy Abnormalities and Risk of Adenocarcinoma in Barrett's Esophagus.
- 17p allelic losses in diploid cells of patients with Barrett's esophagus who develop aneuploidy.
- p53 mutations in Barrett's adenocarcinoma and high-grade dysplasia.
- Barrett's esophagus: cell cycle abnormalities in advancing stages of neoplastic progression.
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