Dr. Christopher Pratt Cardozo M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
130 W Kingsbridge Rd James J. Peters Vamc Bronx NY, 10468About
Dr. Christopher Cardozo practices Pulmonology in Bronx, NY. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Cardozo manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Differential effects of the organochlorine pesticide DDT and its metabolite p,p'-DDE on p-glycoprotein activity and expression.
- Structure and function of the upstream promotor of the human Mafbx gene: the proximal upstream promotor modulates tissue-specificity.
- Identification of androgen response elements in the insulin-like growth factor I upstream promoter.
- Respiratory complications of spinal cord injury.
- Testosterone protects against dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy, protein degradation and MAFbx upregulation.
- Expression of the muscle atrophy factor muscle atrophy F-box is suppressed by testosterone.
- PGC-1alpha expression decreases in the Alzheimer disease brain as a function of dementia.
- Improved functional recovery with oxandrolone after spinal cord injury in rats.
- Cognitive performance in hypotensive persons with spinal cord injury.
- Evolving concepts in neurogenic osteoporosis.
- Differential alterations in gene expression profiles contribute to time-dependent effects of nandrolone to prevent denervation atrophy.
- The administration of high-dose methylprednisolone for 24 h reduced muscle size and increased atrophy-related gene expression in spinal cord-injured rats.
- Testosterone reduced methylprednisolone-induced muscle atrophy in spinal cord-injured rats.
- Nandrolone reduces activation of Notch signaling in denervated muscle associated with increased Numb expression.
- Nandrolone normalizes determinants of muscle mass and fiber type after spinal cord injury.
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