Dr. Lawrence S. Lessin MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
110 Irving St Nw #2a38 Washington DC, 20010About
Dr. Lawrence Lessin is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Lessin specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1962
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine 1962
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hematology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Resolution of primary amyloidosis during chemotherapy. Studies in a patient with nephrotic syndrome.
- Plasma factor VII and thrombin-antithrombin III levels indicate increased tissue factor activity in sickle cell patients.
- Drug-associated "bite cell" hemolytic anemia.
- Oncogenes and growth factor genes in myelodysplasia.
- Indium-111 oxine labeled erythrocytes: cellular distribution and efflux kinetics of the label.
- Breast Cancer After Use of Estrogen Plus Progestin and Estrogen Alone: Analyses of Data From 2 Women's Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trials.
- Association of Hemoglobin Concentration With Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in a Cohort of Postmenopausal Women.
- Recombinant erythropoietin improves the anemia associated with Gaucher's disease.
- Vaso-occlusion in sickle cell disease: pathophysiology of the microvascular circulation.
- Sickle cell vaso-occlusion in an animal model; intravital microscopy and radionuclide imaging of selective sequestration of dense cells.
- Irreversible erythrocyte volume expansion induced by tellurite.
- Alcohol-induced vacuolization in bone marrow cells: ultrastructure and mechanism of formation.
- Flow dynamics of human sickle erythrocytes in the mesenteric microcirculation of the exchange-transfused rat.
- Cellular and rheological factors contributing to sickle cell microvascular occlusion.
- Assessment of the hydration state of sickle cells by phthalate ester density distribution.
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