Dr. Jon Masao Nakamoto M.D., PH.D.
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
33608 Ortega Hwy San Juan Capistrano CA, 92675About
Dr. Jon Nakamoto is a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in San Juan Capistrano, CA. Dr. Nakamoto 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.
Education and Training
Yale School of Medicine 1985
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Myths and variations in normal pubertal development.
- Prevalence of three mutations in the Gs alpha gene among 24 families with pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia.
- Rational use of the laboratory for childhood and adult growth hormone deficiency.
- Validation and clinical application of a locus-specific polymerase chain reaction- and minisequencing-based assay for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (21-hydroxylase deficiency).
- Use of in vitro clonogenic assays to differentiate acquired from genetic causes of insulin resistance.
- Performance criteria for testosterone measurements based on biological variation in adult males: recommendations from the Partnership for the Accurate Testing of Hormones.
- Erroneous prenatal diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia owing to a duplication of the CYP21A2 gene.
- Rapid GDP release from Gs alpha in patients with gain and loss of endocrine function.
- A method for isolation of rat renal microvessels and mRNA localization.
- Conventional and nonconventional uses of growth hormone.
Treatments
- Anemia
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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