Dr. James Robert Upp MD
Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery
7777 Hennessy Blvd Suite 212 Baton Rouge LA, 70808Rating
4/5
About
Dr. James Upp practices Pediatric Surgery in Baton Rouge, LA. Dr. Upp treats children who have an illness, injury, or disease that requires surgery. Some of the surgical problems seen by pediatric surgeons are often quite different from those commonly seen by adult or general surgeons. Dr. Uppdiagnoses, treats, and manages childrens surgical needs such as abnormalities of the groin in childhood and, surgical repair of birth defects, surgical care of tumors, transplantation operations, and endoscopic procedures.
Education and Training
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport / School of Medicine 1983
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Bombesin stimulates growth of human gastrinoma.
- The effect of tumor burden on ornithine decarboxylase activity in mice.
- Differential sensitivity of various human tumors to inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis in vivo.
- Coronary-subclavian steal syndrome following coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Intravenous amino acids stimulate human gallbladder emptying and hormone release.
- Effect of oral fat on plasma levels of neurotensin and neurotensin fragments in humans. Characterization by high-pressure liquid chromatography.
- In vivo comparison of inhibition with proglumide and CR-1409 of cholecystokinin-induced pressure in the biliary tract of the guinea pig.
- Congenital esophageal diverticulum - a case report and review of literature.
- Hyperkinetic gallbladder: an indication for cholecystectomy?
- Mechanisms of the trophic actions of bombesin on the pancreas.
- 2-Deoxy-D-glucose inhibits the antitumor effects of alpha-difluoromethylornithine on the growth of colon cancer in vivo.
- Effects of bombesin on growth of human small cell lung carcinoma in vivo.
- Bombesin inhibits growth of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma in nude mice.
- Inhibition of growth of two human pancreatic adenocarcinomas in vivo by somatostatin analog SMS 201-995.
- Clinical significance of gastrin receptors in human colon cancers.
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