Dr. Helge Dirk Hartung M.D.
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
3401 Civic Center Blvd Children's Hospital Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Helge Hartung is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Hartung specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Hartung treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Hartung can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
Education and Training
Ruprecht Karl University Of Heidelberg 1998
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- NGF content in the cerebral cortex of non-demented patients with amyloid-plaques and in symptomatic Alzheimer's disease.
- [Mental competence and neuropsychologic impairments in demented patients].
- [AIDS encephalopathy--helped by azidothymidine? Primary and secondary cerebral manifestations].
- Diabetes mellitus-associated decrease in nerve growth factor levels is reversed by allogeneic pancreatic islet transplantation.
- Endogenous levels of nerve growth factor (NGF) are altered in experimental diabetes mellitus: a possible role for NGF in the pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy.
- Acquired aplastic anemia in children.
- [Amino acids prevent hepatic encephalopathy. Ornithine-aspartate in hyperammonemia--results of a study].
- [Cross-reacting antibodies destroy heart muscle tissue. Autoimmunologic mechanisms of infective myocarditis-- immunosuppressive drugs].
- [Autologous blood donation--the solution to many problems? Fear of AIDS--preservation of autologous blood is now implemented commercially].
- [Pneumonias in AIDS are in the foreground. Clinical symptoms are rarely typical--by no means waive therapy].
- Axonal transport of endogenous nerve growth factor (NGF) and NGF receptor in experimental diabetic neuropathy.
- NGF level in the rat sciatic nerve is decreased after long-term consumption of ethanol.
- [Noncompliance--a typical problem in psychiatric patients. Individual, social and illness-specific factors].
- The time course of nerve growth factor content in different neuropsychiatric diseases--a unifying hypothesis.
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