Dr. George Baird Helfrich MD
Surgeon
3606 21st St Suite 104 Lubbock TX, 79410About
Dr. George Helfrich is a general surgeon practicing in Lubbock, TX. Dr. Helfrich specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Helfrich provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1965
University of Illinois College of Medicine 1965
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Renal transplantation with cyclosporine in the elderly population.
- Interferon-enhanced antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and prediction of rejection in renal allograft recipients.
- Early immunological prediction of renal allograft rejection.
- Prolongation of cardiac allograft survival with the PAF antagonist BN-52021 and the thromboxane receptor antagonists L640035 and L636499.
- Eicosanoids, gamma-interferon and inflammatory cells in kidney transplant patients.
- Leukotrienes, thromboxane, and platelet activating factor in organ transplantation.
- Thromboxane and leukotrienes in clinical and experimental transplant rejection.
- Renal scans in pregnant transplant patients.
- Cell-mediated immunity and biological response modifiers in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus complicated by end-stage renal disease.
- A prospective study of the clinical relevance of the current serum antiglobulin-augmented T cell crossmatch in renal transplant recipients.
- Differential effect of CGS 13080, a thromboxane synthase inhibitor, in suppressing serum and urine immunoreactive thromboxane B2 in kidney transplant patients.
- Correlation of renal inflammatory cell infiltrate with thromboxane.
- Cyclosporine A-induced arteriolopathy.
- Immunological monitoring and early prediction of rejection in renal allograft recipients.
- Thromboxane and inflammatory cell infiltration of the allograft of renal transplant patients.
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