Dr. Robert Alfred Skinner M.D.
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
1323 Hazel St Texarkana TX, 75501Rating
3/5
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Dr. Robert Skinner is a gastroenterologist practicing in Texarkana, TX. Dr. Skinner specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Skinner performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Univ of Ar Coll of Med, Little Rock Ar 1977
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Immunohistochemical study of osteopontin expression during distraction osteogenesis in the rat.
- Use of a B cell marker (B220) to discriminate between allergens and irritants in the local lymph node assay.
- The treatment of experimental osteomyelitis by surgical debridement and the implantation of calcium sulfate tobramycin pellets.
- Expression of interleukin 8 and not parathyroid hormone-related protein by human breast cancer cells correlates with bone metastasis in vivo.
- Interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor antagonists attenuate ethanol-induced inhibition of bone formation in a rat model of distraction osteogenesis.
- Role of sarA in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus musculoskeletal infection.
- Chronic ethanol exposure is associated with a local increase in TNF-alpha and decreased proliferation in the rat distraction gap.
- Early detection of bone infection and differentiation from post-surgical inflammation using 2-deoxy-2-[18F]-fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in an animal model.
- Ethanol-induced inhibition of bone formation in a rat model of distraction osteogenesis: a role for the tumor necrosis factor signaling axis.
- Different molecular mechanisms underlie ethanol-induced bone loss in cycling and pregnant rats.
- Aging alters the skeletal response to disuse in the rat.
- A novel mouse model for the study of the inhibitory effects of chronic ethanol exposure on direct bone formation.
- A novel rat model for the study of deficits in bone formation in type-2 diabetes.
Treatments
- Diarrhea
- Colon Polyps
- Gastritis
- Diverticulosis
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