Dr. Edgar Y Kwan M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
1210 Rossmoor Pkwy Walnut Creek CA, 94595Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Edgar Kwan practices Geriatric Medicine in Walnut Creek, CA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Kwan works as part of a team with other healthcare providers, to address the natural aging that goes on within the body and to manage multiple medical problems and ensure social support.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ca- Davis- Sch Of Med- Davis Ca 1980
University of California 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Geriatric Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in children in Hong Kong: the Hong Kong
- The effect of 3 years of recombinant growth hormone therapy on glucose metabolism in short Chinese children with beta-thalassemia major.
- Phaeochromocytoma in children.
- A family with osteoporosis pseudoglioma syndrome due to compound heterozygosity
- Pseudomonas septicaemia in apparently healthy children.
- Growth hormone treatment of short Chinese children with beta-thalassaemia major without GH deficiency.
- A cross-sectional study of growth, puberty and endocrine function in patients with thalassaemia major in Hong Kong.
- A homologous radioimmunoassay for rat insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I): implications for studies of human IGF-I physiology.
- Growth hormone therapy transiently increases apolipoprotein(a) in short beta-thalassaemia major children with normal growth hormone reserve.
- The timing of early postnatal catch-up growth in normal, full-term infants born short for gestational age.
- Penicillium marneffei infection in a non-HIV infected child.
- Serum growth hormone (GH) binding protein, IGF-I and IGFBP-3 in patients with beta-thalassaemia major and the effect of GH treatment.
Treatments
- General Care
- Osteoporosis
- Arthritis
- Heart Disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Birth Defects
- Pain
- Keratosis Pilaris
- Abnormal Gait
- Vascular Disease
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