Dr. David Matthew Altshuler MD PHD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
50 Staniford Street 3rd Floor S50340 Dia Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. David Altshuler practices Endocrinology in Boston, MA. Dr. Altshuler 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. Altshuler examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Common deletion polymorphisms in the human genome.
- Biases and reconciliation in estimates of linkage disequilibrium in the human genome.
- Copy number variation: new insights in genome diversity.
- Linkage disequilibrium and heritability of copy-number polymorphisms within duplicated regions of the human genome.
- Copy-number variation and association studies of human disease.
- Challenges and standards in integrating surveys of structural variation.
- Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans.
- Polymorphisms associated with cholesterol and risk of cardiovascular events.
- Genome-wide association studies in an isolated founder population from the Pacific Island of Kosrae.
- Genetic association analysis of LARS2 with type 2 diabetes.
- Common genetic variants and modification of penetrance of BRCA2-associated breast cancer.
- Haplotype structure in Ashkenazi Jewish BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
- A null mutation in ANGPTL8 does not associate with either plasma glucose or type 2 diabetes in humans.
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