Dr. John Edwin Krettek M.D>
Neurosurgeon
3015 N Ballas Rd Saint Louis MO, 63131Rating
4/5
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Dr. John Krettek practices Neurological Surgery in Saint Louis, MO. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Krettek prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
Washington Center / School of Medicine 1976
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Experience with metronidazole, a new trichomonacide.
- Sudden death 'from pituitrin' shock.
- Multifaceted approach to reducing occurrence of severe hypoglycemia in a large healthcare system.
- A direct input from the amygdala to the thalamus and the cerebral cortex.
- Projections from the amygdala to the perirhinal and entorhinal cortices and the subiculum.
- Amygdaloid projections to subcortical structures within the basal forebrain and brainstem in the rat and cat.
- Amygdaloid projections to subcortical structures within the basal forebrain and brainstem in the rat and cat.
- A description of the amygdaloid complex in the rat and cat with observations on intra-amygdaloid axonal connections.
- A description of the amygdaloid complex in the rat and cat with observations on intra-amygdaloid axonal connections.
- Metrizamide CT myelography in the evaluation of spinal arachnoid diverticula.
- The cortical projections of the mediodorsal nucleus and adjacent thalamic nuclei in the rat.
- The cortical projections of the mediodorsal nucleus and adjacent thalamic nuclei in the rat.
- Acute intracranial hemorrhage in childhood.
- Projections from the amygdaloid complex to the cerebral cortex and thalamus in the rat and cat.
- Projections from the amygdaloid complex and adjacent olfactory structures to the entorhinal cortex and to the subiculum in the rat and cat.
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