Dr. Barry James Maurer MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
4650 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles CA, 90027About
Dr. Barry Maurer is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Maurer specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Maurer treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Maurer can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
Education and Training
Wayne State Univ Sch of Med, Detroit Mi 1990
Wayne State University School of Medicine 1990
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Growth of human tumor cells in macroporous microcarriers results in p53-independent, decreased cisplatin sensitivity relative to monolayers.
- Retinoic-acid-resistant neuroblastoma cell lines show altered MYC regulation and high sensitivity to fenretinide.
- N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide increases ceramide and is cytotoxic to acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines, but not to non-malignant lymphocytes.
- Retinoid therapy of high-risk neuroblastoma.
- Liquid chromatography method for quantifying N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide and N-(4-methoxyphenyl)retinamide in tissues.
- Fenretinide cytotoxicity for Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumor cell lines is decreased by hypoxia and synergistically enhanced by ceramide modulators.
- Evaluating response to antineoplastic drug combinations in tissue culture models.
- Transoesophageal echocardiography--widening the scope.
- Liquid chromatography method for quantifying D-threo-1-phenyl-2-palmitoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol (D-threo-PPMP) in mouse plasma and liver.
- Silent ischaemia in diabetic men with autonomic neuropathy.
- Improved oral delivery of N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide with a novel LYM-X-SORB organized lipid complex.
- Assessing combinations of cytotoxic agents using leukemia cell lines.
- Synthetic triterpenoids have cytotoxicity in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines but cytotoxicity is independent of induced ceramide increase in MOLT-4 cells.
- Fenretinide metabolism in humans and mice: utilizing pharmacological modulation
- Cardiac catheterisation with 5 French catheters.
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