Dr. Blanche Pearl Alter MD, MPH
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
6120 Executive Blvd Executive Plaza Sout Rockville MD, 20852Rating
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Dr. Blanche Alter is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Rockville, MD. Dr. Alter specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Alter treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Alter can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1967
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Embryonic hemoglobins are expressed in definitive cells.
- Bone marrow failure syndromes.
- Molecular medicine and bone marrow failure syndromes.
- Comparative genome analysis delimits a chromosomal domain and identifies key regulatory elements in the alpha globin cluster.
- Antenatal diagnosis of hemoglobinopathies: social and technical considerations.
- Modern review of congenital hypoplastic anemia.
- Griscelli syndrome: rare neonatal syndrome of recurrent hemophagocytosis.
- p53 protein overexpression in bone marrow biopsies of patients with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome has a prevalence similar to that of patients with refractory anemia.
- Risk of myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia in congenital neutropenias.
- Radiosensitivity in Fanconi's anemia patients.
- Globin synthesis in fibroblasts fused with erythroblasts. I. Avian fibroblasts.
- Cancer incidence in persons with Fanconi anemia.
- Bone marrow failure syndromes in children.
- Malignant myeloid transformation in congenital forms of neutropenia.
- Cancer in Fanconi anemia, 1927-2001.
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