Dr. David Hershel Alpers MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
4921 Parkview Pl 8th Floor Suite C Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. David Alpers is a gastroenterologist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Alpers 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. Alpers performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1960
Harvard Medical School 1960
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sulphydryl blocker-induced rat colitis is ameliorated by intravenous injection of
- Rat intestinal alpha1-antitrypsin secretion is regulated by triacylglycerol feeding.
- Fundamentals of neurogastroenterology.
- Binding of pili from uropathogenic Escherichia coli to membranes secreted by human colonocytes and enterocytes.
- Irritable bowel syndrome in a psychiatric patient population.
- Vitamin B12 transporters.
- Functional expression in Pichia pastoris of human and rat intrinsic factor.
- Why should psychotherapy be a useful approach to management of patients with nonulcer dyspepsia?
- The two isozymes of rat intestinal alkaline phosphatase are products of two distinct genes.
- Expression of intrinsic factor in rat and murine gastric mucosal cell lineages is modified by inflammation.
- Effect of tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase in maintenance of structure of murine colon and stomach.
- Production of gastric intrinsic factor, transcobalamin, and haptocorrin in opossum kidney cells.
- Role of intestinal surfactant-like particles as a potential reservoir of uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
- Interleukin-1beta enhances retinoic acid-mediated expression of bone-type alkaline phosphatase in rat IEC-6 cells.
- Regulation of surfactant-like particle secretion by Caco-2 cells.
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