Dr. Maria Elena Lai M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
8881 Fletcher Pkwy Suite 105 La Mesa CA, 91942About
Dr. Maria Lai practices Geriatric Medicine in La Mesa, CA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Lai works as part of a team with other healthcare providers, to address the natural aging that goes on within the body and to manage multiple medical problems and ensure social support.
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Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM- Geriatric Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- High prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in adult patients with beta-thalassemia major submitted to amiodarone treatment.
- Direct electrochemistry of catalase on glassy carbon electrodes.
- A randomized controlled trial of lymphoblastoid interferon-alpha in patients with chronic hepatitis B lacking HBeAg.
- A multicentric seroepidemiological survey of HTLV-I/II in Italy.
- Epidemiology of infection with HIV-1 in Sardinia: a multicentre prospective study.
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis D.
- Standardized T2* map of a normal human heart to correct T2* segmental artefacts; myocardial iron overload and fibrosis in thalassemia intermedia versus thalassemia major patients and electrocardiogram changes in thalassemia major patients.
- Sequence analysis of hepatitis B virus genome of a new mutant of ayw subtype isolated in Sardinia.
- Human immunodeficiency virus and beta-thalassemia major: A "competition of guilt" for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Report of a case and a review of the literature.
- Epidemiology of HDV infection in Sardinia, an island with a high endemicity for HBV. A multicentre study.
- Natural history of hepatitis C in thalassemia major: a long-term prospective study.
- [The presence of nucleotide sequences of the hepatitis B virus in the serum of HBsAg-negative blood donors in Sardinia].
- Ocular findings in beta-thalassemia.
- Cardiac complications and diabetes in thalassaemia major: a large historical multicentre study.
- Can antiretroviral therapy modify the clinical course of HDV infection in HIV-positive patients?
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