Dr. Lawrence B Afrin MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
171 Ashley Ave Charleston SC, 29425About
Dr. Lawrence Afrin is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Charleston, SC. Dr. Afrin specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Education and Training
Med Univ of Sc Coll of Med, Charleston Sc 1988
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Web access to the American Society of Hematology slide bank.
- Fentanyl-associated syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion.
- Web services-based access to local clinical trial databases: a standards initiative of the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
- DeTMan: a decision tree management tool for the Web and PDA environments.
- Race, education, and knowledge of bone marrow registry: indicators of willingness to donate bone marrow among African Americans and Caucasians.
- General medicine in South Carolina, 1905-2005: the science and the art as recorded in The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association.
- Support group webcasting: a feasibility assessment.
- Patient-centered applications: use of information technology to promote disease management and wellness. A white paper by the AMIA knowledge in motion working group.
- Using a webcast support service: experiences of in-person attendees of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator support group.
- Mast cell activation disorder masquerading as pure red cell aplasia.
- Fatal copper deficiency from excessive use of zinc-based denture adhesive.
- Value of preemptive CYP2C19 genotyping in allogeneic stem cell transplant patients considered for pentamidine administration.
- Mast cell activation disease: a concise practical guide for diagnostic workup and therapeutic options.
- Burning mouth syndrome and mast cell activation disorder.
- Polycythemia from mast cell activation syndrome: lessons learned.
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