Dr. Silvia Maria Velasquez MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
13813 Metro Pkwy Fort Myers FL, 33912About
Dr. Silvia Velasquez is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Fort Myers, FL. Dr. Velasquez specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Root hair sweet growth.
- An update on post-translational modifications of hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins: toward a model highlighting their contribution to plant cell wall architecture.
- Live imaging of root hairs.
- Complex regulation of prolyl-4-hydroxylases impacts root hair expansion.
- Low Sugar Is Not Always Good: Impact of Specific O-Glycan Defects on Tip Growth in Arabidopsis.
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