Dr. Amy Elizabeth Riek MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
4921 Parkview Pl 5th Floor Suite C Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Amy Riek practices Endocrinology in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Riek 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. Riek examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Washington Center / School of Medicine 2005
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 2005
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Implications of vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy and lactation.
- Vitamin D regulates macrophage cholesterol metabolism in diabetes.
- Endoplasmic reticulum stress controls M2 macrophage differentiation and foam cell formation.
- 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D suppresses macrophage migration and reverses atherogenic cholesterol metabolism in type 2 diabetic patients.
- Vitamin D deficiency induces high blood pressure and accelerates atherosclerosis in mice.
- The St. Louis African American health-heart study: methodology for the study of cardiovascular disease and depression in young-old African Americans.
- 25(OH) vitamin D suppresses macrophage adhesion and migration by downregulation of ER stress and scavenger receptor A1 in type 2 diabetes.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Goiter
- Graves' Disease
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