Dr. Biljana N. Horn M.D.
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Biljana Horn is a pediatric hematologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Horn 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. Horn treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Horn 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
Univ Of Zagreb, Med Fak, Zagreb, Croatia 1983
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intracranial ependymomas of childhood: current management strategies.
- Increasing mixed chimerism and the risk of graft loss in children undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for non-malignant disorders.
- Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for refractory myasthenia gravis.
- Safety of pre-emptive donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI) based on mixed chimerism (MC) in peripheral blood or bone marrow subsets in children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for hematologic malignancies.
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