Dr. Maria Pia Platia M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Reproductive Endocrinology
1501 N Campbell Ave Tucson AZ, 85724About
Dr. Maria Platia is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Platia specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Platia can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Platia can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Education and Training
Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med, Pittsburgh Pa 1977
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Delayed lactogenesis II secondary to gestational ovarian theca lutein cysts in two normal singleton pregnancies.
- Elevation of plasma immunoreactive luteinizing hormone releasing hormone in hyperprolactinemic-amenorrheic women on bromocriptine therapy.
- Effects of 17 beta-estradiol on angiotensin II receptors and prolactin release in cultured pituitary cells.
- Regulation of primate angiotensin II receptors during altered sodium intake.
- Refractoriness to gonadotropin therapy: how to distinguish ovarian failure versus pseudoovarian resistance caused by neutralizing antibodies.
- Estrone sulfatase activity in the human brain and estrone sulfate levels in the normal menstrual cycle.
- Isolation, radioimmunoassay and physiologic secretion of rat neurophysins.
Fellowships
- (Obstetrics & Gynecology), BRIGHAM AND WOMENS HOSPITAL, BOSTON, MA 1981
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