Dr. Jerome Albert Ecker MD
Hepatologist | Hepatology
100 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC, 27599Rating
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Dr. Jerome Ecker is a hepatologist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Ecker specializes in the study of body parts such as the liver, the biliary tree, the gallbladder and the pancreas. Hepatologists manage disorders in these areas and are specifically known for treating viral hepatitis. Patients who have received liver transplants also follow up with hepatologists after their procedure.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acanthocheilonema perstans; the persistent filaria: with a report of six cases.
- Acute intermittent hepatic porphyria: a cause of unexplained abdominal pain.
- Diffuse familial polyposis of the colon. Review of the literature and report of a case.
- Panel discussion on gastric ulcer in 1959.
- Gastrointestinal bleeding in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Review of the literature and report of a case with massive recurrent hemorrhage necessitating right colectomy.
- The gastrointestinal manifestations of dermatomyositis.
- ENDOMETRIOSIS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.
- PHENYLBUTAZONE HEPATITIS.
- The prophylaxis of subacute bacterial endocarditis.
- The effect of ACTH on nonspecific ulcerative colitis.
- Pseudomembraneous enterocolitis--an unwelcome gastrointestinal complication of antibiotic therapy.
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis--bullous emphysema of the intestine. A review of the literature.
- Thrombosis of the hepatic veins. "The Budd-Chiari syndrome"--a possible link between oral contraceptives and thrombosis formation.
- The development of postshunt hemochromatosis--parenchymal siderosis in patients with cirrhosis occuring after portasystemic shunt surgery. A review of the literature and report of two additional cases.
- Massive cavernous hemangioma of the liver. Case reports and review of the
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALl
101 MANNING DRIVE CHAPEL HILL NC 27514DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
PO BOX 3814 DUMC ERWIN RD DURHAM NC 27710