Dr. Meghna Ramesh Desai MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
315 W Carpenter St 2nd Floor Springfield IL, 62702About
Dr. Meghna Desai is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Springfield, IL. Dr. Desai 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.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Randomized, controlled trial of daily iron supplementation and intermittent sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of mild childhood anemia in western Kenya.
- Daily iron supplementation is more efficacious than twice weekly iron supplementation for the treatment of childhood anemia in western Kenya.
- Factors associated with hemoglobin concentrations in pre-school children in Western Kenya: cross-sectional studies.
- Relationship of measles vaccination with anaemia and malaria in western Kenya.
- Non-Seminomatous Germ Cell Tumor Presenting with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome.
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