Dr. Karan Mcbride Emerick MD
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
282 Washington St Hartford CT, 06106About
Dr. Karan Emerick is a pediatric gastroenterologist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Emerick specializes in digestive system, liver or nutritional problems in children from the newborn period to their teens. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, chronic constipation or obesity can all be treated by a pediatric gastroenterologist.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Gastroenterology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Early speech delay and hepatitis as presenting signs of homocystinuria.
- Gastrointestinal bleeding in Turner's syndrome: a case report and literature review.
- Azathioprine metabolite measurements in the treatment of autoimmune hepatitis in pediatric patients: a preliminary report.
- Analysis of cardiovascular phenotype and genotype-phenotype correlation in individuals with a JAG1 mutation and/or Alagille syndrome.
- Octreotide therapy for control of acute gastrointestinal bleeding in children.
- Nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplant for X-linked hyper-immunoglobulin m syndrome with cholangiopathy.
- Effect of six-food elimination diet on clinical and histologic outcomes in eosinophilic esophagitis.
- Use of gamma-glutamyl transferase as a screen for liver disease in muscular dystrophy patients.
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