Dr. Stuart Charles Apfel MD
Neurologist | Neurology
218 Walker Pl West Hempstead NY, 11552About
My research interests have focused on neurodevelopment, and the potential therapeutic role of neurotrophic factors in treating a variety of nervous system disorders. Currently I am focused on translat ...
Education and Training
Albert Einstein Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 1985
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Neurotrophic factors and diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
- Neurotrophic factors in peripheral neuropathies: therapeutic implications.
- Introduction to diabetic neuropathy.
- Neurotrophic factors in the therapy of diabetic neuropathy.
- Neurotrophic factors and pain.
- Managing the neurotoxicity of paclitaxel (Taxol) and docetaxel (Taxotere) with neurotrophic factors.
- Nerve regeneration in diabetic neuropathy.
- Neurotrophic factor therapy--prospects and problems.
- Is the therapeutic application of neurotrophic factors dead?
- Nerve growth factor for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy: what went wrong, what went right, and what does the future hold?
- Thalidomide neuropathy: too much or too long?
- Nerve growth factor prevents experimental cisplatin neuropathy.
- Botulinum toxin for neuropathic pain?
- Botulinum toxin for diabetic neuropathic pain: a randomized double-blind crossover trial: botulinum toxin for neuropathic pain?
- Nerve growth factor administration protects against experimental diabetic sensory neuropathy.
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