Dr. Frank O Becker MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
1250 Cedar Ct Carbondale IL, 62901About
Dr. Frank Becker practices Endocrinology in Carbondale, IL. Dr. Becker specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases related to hormone imbalance, and the bodys glands in the endocrine system. Endocrinologists are trained and certified to treat a variety of conditions, including menopause, diabetes, infertility, and thyroid disorders, among many others. Dr. Becker examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1957
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Letter: The treatment of Graves disease.
- Parotid tumor and thyroid cancer. Simultaneous occurrence after irradiation of the neck in childhood.
- Adult thyroid cancer after head and neck irradiation in infancy and childhood.
- The occurrence of carcinoma in "hot" thyroid nodules. Report of two cases.
- HYPERCALCEMIA OF MALIGNANCY.
- L-LEUCINE SENSITIVITY AND GLUCOSE TOLERANCE IN NORMAL SUBJECTS.
- Failure of parathyroid hormone to cross the nonhuman primate placenta.
- Failure of parathyroid hormone to cross the nonhuman primate placenta.
- Sympathetic blockade in hyperthyroidism. Preoperative management following toxic reaction to antithyroid drugs.
- Parathyroid hormone degradation studies in maternal and fetal rat tissues by radioimmunoassay.
- Vitamin-D-resistant idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. Acute hypercalcemia during acute renal failure.
- Treatment for multiple sclerosis.
- Parathyroid hyperfunction in acute renal failure. Serial studies in man.
- Needle bone biopsy in primary hyperparathyroidism.
- Normal fluoride 18 bone scans in metastatic bone disease.
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