Dr. Francisco A Sylvester MD
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Gastroenterology
282 Washington St Hartford CT, 06106About
Dr. Sylvester maintains an active collaboration with Dr. Anthony T. Vella within the department of immunology at the University of Connecticut Health Center to study immune responses in children with ...
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Bone abnormalities in gastrointestinal and hepatic disease.
- Cable-piliated Burkholderia cepacia binds to cytokeratin 13 of epithelial cells.
- Contribution of extrinsic factors and intrinsic vascular alterations to reduced arteriolar reactivity with high-salt diet and hypertension.
- Longitudinal differences in vascular control mechanisms in isolated resistance arteries of the rat cremaster muscle.
- High-salt diet impairs hypoxia-induced cAMP production and hyperpolarization in rat skeletal muscle arteries.
- Bone abnormalities in gastrointestinal and hepatic disease.
- High-salt diet depresses acetylcholine reactivity proximal to NOS activation in cerebral arteries.
- Effects of serum from children with newly diagnosed Crohn disease on primary cultures of rat osteoblasts.
- High-salt diet impairs vascular relaxation mechanisms in rat middle cerebral arteries.
- Cracking the risk of fractures in Crohn disease.
- Effects of activated T cells on osteoclastogenesis depend on how they are activated.
- Oxidant stress and constrictor reactivity impair cerebral artery dilation in obese Zucker rats.
- IBD and skeletal health: children are not small adults!
- Do bones crack under the effects of inflammatory bowel disease in children?
- Chronic pediatric inflammatory diseases: effects on bone.
Treatments
- Crohn's Disease, Osteoporosis
Fellowships
- University of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children Pediatric Gastroenterology 1991
- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hospital for Sick Children 1991
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