Dr. Lynda E Polgreen MD
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
1201 W LA VETA AVE ORANGE CA, 92868About
Dr. Lynda Polgreen is a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Polgreen 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
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2000
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Endocrinology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Keeping a broad approach to managing pediatric bone disease.
- Growth patterns and the use of growth hormone in the mucopolysaccharidoses.
- Changes in biomarkers of bone resorption over the first six months after pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation.
- Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in international adoptees within the first 6 months after adoption.
- Vitamin D deficiency is associated with pulmonary exacerbations in children with cystic fibrosis.
- Carotid intima-media thickness is increased in patients with treated mucopolysaccharidosis types I and II, and correlates with arterial stiffness.
- Biomarkers of bone remodeling in children with mucopolysaccharidosis types I, II, and VI.
- Vitamin D insufficiency is common in Ugandan children and is associated with severe malaria.
- Isokinetic muscle strength differences in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis I, II, and VI.
- Critical hypercalcemia following discontinuation of denosumab therapy for metastatic giant cell tumor of bone.
- Higher daily physical activity is associated with higher osteocalcin levels in adolescents.
- Feasibility and tolerability of whole-body, low-intensity vibration and its
- Diagnosis and Management of Osteopetrosis: Consensus Guidelines From the Osteopetrosis Working Group.
Fellowships
- University of Minnesota, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship 2005
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