Dr. Andrew C Riggs MD
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
8402 Harcourt Rd Suite 300 Indianapolis IN, 46260About
Dr. Andrew Riggs is a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Riggs 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
Indiana University School of Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Response.
- Two-million-year record of deuterium depletion in great basin ground waters.
- 500,000-year stable carbon isotopic record from devils hole, nevada.
- Major carbon-14 deficiency in modern snail shells from southern nevada springs.
- A 250,000-year climatic record from great basin vein calcite: implications for milankovitch theory.
- Continuous 500,000-year climate record from vein calcite in devils hole, nevada.
- Mass-Spectrometric 230Th-234U-238U Dating of the Devils Hole Calcite Vein.
- Characterization of the LIM/homeodomain gene islet-1 and single nucleotide screening in NIDDM.
- Isolation of the human LIM/homeodomain gene islet-1 and identification of a simple sequence repeat polymorphism [corrected].
- A mutation in the Glut2 glucose transporter gene of a diabetic patient abolishes transport activity.
- Human glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor gene in NIDDM. Identification and use of simple sequence repeat polymorphisms in genetic analysis.
- Identification of trinucleotide repeat-containing genes in human pancreatic islets.
- Isolation, characterization, and chromosomal mapping of the human insulin promoter factor 1 (IPF-1) gene.
Treatments
- Birth Defects
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
- Thyroiditis
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