Prof. David Brian Karpf M.D.
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
300 Pasteur Dr A100 Stanford CA, 94305Rating
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About
Dr. David Karpf practices Endocrinology in Stanford, CA. Dr. Karpf 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. Karpf examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Diego, Sch of Med, La Jolla Ca 1980
University of California 1980
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- CV706, a prostate cancer-specific adenovirus variant, in combination with radiotherapy produces synergistic antitumor efficacy without increasing toxicity.
- Improvement in spine bone density and reduction in risk of vertebral fractures during treatment with antiresorptive drugs.
- The effects of alendronate on stature and the spine deformity index.
- Features of the renal parathyroid hormone-parathyroid hormone-related protein receptor derived from structural studies of receptor fragments.
- MBX-8025, a novel peroxisome proliferator receptor-delta agonist: lipid and other metabolic effects in dyslipidemic overweight patients treated with and without atorvastatin.
- The canine renal parathyroid hormone receptor is a glycoprotein: characterization and partial purification.
- Structural properties of the renal parathyroid hormone receptor: hydrodynamic analysis and protease sensitivity.
- In vitro secretion of deoxycorticosterone by a benign Leydig cell tumor of the testis.
- Current concepts in acromegaly: etiology, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Comparison of new biochemical markers of bone turnover in late postmenopausal osteoporotic women in response to alendronate treatment.
- Injury prevention.
- Treatment with alendronate prevents fractures in women at highest risk: results from the Fracture Intervention Trial.
- Early changes in biochemical markers of bone turnover predict the long-term response to alendronate therapy in representative elderly women: a randomized clinical trial.
Treatments
- Osteoporosis
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