Mrs. Kirsten R Matthews MA, OTRL, CLT
Occupational Therapist
97 S 4TH ST ISHPEMING MI, 49849About
Dr. Kirsten Matthews practices Occupational Medicine in ISHPEMING, MI. Dr. Matthews evaluates the interaction between work and health. Occupational medicine physicians have general knowledge of worksite operations and are familiar with the toxic properties of materials used by employees and the potential hazards and stressors of work processes; in addition to being qualified to determine an employees physical and emotional fitness for work; diagnosing and treating occupational diseases; handling work related injuries; and having an understanding of rehabilitation methods, health education techniques, sanitation, and workers compensation laws.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- N-Acetylcysteine and glutathione modulate the behaviour of Trypanosoma cruzi
- Potent stimulation of the innate immune system by a Leishmania brasiliensis recombinant protein.
- Modulation of parasitemia and antibody response to Trypanosoma cruzi by cyclophosphamide in Calomys callosus (Rodentia, Cricetidae).
- Macrophage activation and histopathological findings in Calomys callosus and Swiss mice infected with several strains of Trypanosoma cruzi.
- Comparative analysis of the river buffalo somatostatin gene.
- Sequence characterization and comparative analysis of the gastrotropin gene in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).
- Molecular characterization of interferon regulatory factor 1 in Bubalus bubalis.
- Sequence analysis of the S1PR1 gene in river buffalo.
- Mitochondrial abnormalities in cortical dendrites from patients with Alzheimer's disease.
- Giant multivesicular bodies in the rat hippocampal pyramidal cells after chronic alcohol consumption.
- Modulation of antibody response to sheep red blood cells by cyclophosphamide in Calomys callosus (Rodentia).
- Chronic alcohol consumption induces lipofuscin deposition in the rat hippocampus.
- Alzheimer's disease: maintenance of neuronal and synaptic densities in frontal cortical layers II and III.
- Presynaptic inclusions in mossy fibre terminals of the cerebellar cortex following long-term undernutrition in adult rats.
- Mitochondrial abnormalities in cortical dendrites from patients with early forms of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE).
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