Dr. George A Burghen MD
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
1910 Nonconnah Blvd Suite 120 Memphis TN, 38132About
Dr. George Burghen is a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in Memphis, TN. Dr. Burghen 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.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Caloric restriction for 24 hours increases mean night growth hormone.
- Neonatal progeroid (Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch) syndrome: report of five new cases and review.
- Diagnosis of ACTH deficiency. Comparison of overnight metyrapone test to either low-dose or high-dose ACTH test.
- Heart rate variability in adolescents and adults with type 1 diabetes.
- Laparoscopic pancreatectomy for persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy.
- Formation of pseudoislets from human pancreatic cultures.
- Comparing social learning and family systems correlates of adaptation in youths with IDDM.
- Racial differences in glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) concentrations and insulin dynamics during oral glucose tolerance test in obese subjects.
- Race affects insulin and GLP-1 secretion and response to a long-acting somatostatin analogue in obese adults.
- Hypothalamic dysfunction after chemotherapy.
- ACTH deficiency in childhood cancer survivors.
- Adolescent self-efficacy and resilience in participants attending A diabetes camp.
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents: the new challenge.
- Family system variables and the health status of adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
- Coping styles in youths with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
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