Dr. Ellen Werber Leschek M.D.
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
9000 Rockville Pike National Institutes Bethesda MD, 20892About
Dr. Ellen Leschek is a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Leschek specializes in growth, puberty, diabetes or other disorders related to hormones that produce certain conditions in children and growing young adults. Pediatric endocrinologists possess copious knowledge on hormone chemicals and how they can affect other parts of the body and their functions.
Education and Training
Mechanical Engineering 1988
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Endocrinology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Case study: sexual hyperactivity treated with psychostimulants in familial male precocious puberty.
- Does early growth hormone therapy prevent glucocorticoid-associated growth retardation in children with JIA?
- Increased medial temporal lobe and striatal grey-matter volume in a rare disorder of androgen excess: a voxel-based morphometry (VBM) study.
- Grey matter volume correlates with virtual water maze task performance in boys with androgen excess.
- Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, final assessment.
- A novel luteinizing hormone receptor mutation in a patient with familial male-limited precocious puberty: effect of the size of a critical amino acid on receptor activity.
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