Prof. Simon C. Robson MD, PHD, FRCP
Hepatologist | Hepatology
110 Francis St Beth Israel Deacones Boston MA, 02215Rating
5/5
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Dr. Simon Robson is a hepatologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Robson specializes in the study of body parts such as the liver, the biliary tree, the gallbladder and the pancreas. Hepatologists manage disorders in these areas and are specifically known for treating viral hepatitis. Patients who have received liver transplants also follow up with hepatologists after their procedure.
Education and Training
Univ Of Cape Town- Fac Of Med- Cape Town- So Africa 1978
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Structural elements and limited proteolysis of CD39 influence ATP diphosphohydrolase activity.
- Contribution of nitric oxide to beta2-adrenoceptor mediated vasodilatation in human forearm arterial vasculature.
- Recommendations for the use of anti-D immunoglobulin for Rh prophylaxis. British Blood Transfusion Society and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
- Management of pre-eclampsia and haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets syndrome.
- Human trophoblast invasion and spiral artery transformation: the role of nitric oxide.
- The differential expression of myometrial connexin-43, cyclooxygenase-1 and -2, and Gs alpha proteins in the upper and lower segments of the human uterus during pregnancy and labor.
- Factors in xenograft rejection.
- Composition of the pulmonary interstitium during normal development of the human fetus.
- Nitric oxide activity in the peripheral vasculature during normotensive and preeclamptic pregnancy.
- Targeted disruption of cd39/ATP diphosphohydrolase results in disordered hemostasis and thromboregulation.
- CD39 as a caveolar-associated ectonucleotidase.
- Hemoxygenase and nitric oxide synthase do not maintain human uterine quiescence during pregnancy.
- Suppression of ATP diphosphohydrolase/CD39 in human vascular endothelial cells.
- Lysophosphatidic acid activates nuclear factor kappa B and induces proinflammatory gene expression in endothelial cells.
- Analysis of CD39/ATP diphosphohydrolase (ATPDase) expression in endothelial cells, platelets and leukocytes.
Treatments
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
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