Dr. Carl E Allen MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
6701 Fannin St Houston TX, 77030Rating
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About
Dr. Carl Allen is a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Teams. His primary research is focused on the clinical and biologic aspects of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). Along with Dr. Kenneth McCla ...
Education and Training
Ohio State University College of Medicine 2002
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The kappa B transcriptional enhancer motif and signal sequences of V(D)J recombination are targets for the zinc finger protein HIVEP3/KRC: a site selection amplification binding study.
- Developmental anomalies and neoplasia in animals and cells deficient in the large zinc finger protein KRC.
- Genetic mapping of an insertional hydrocephalus-inducing mutation allelic to hy3.
- Inhibition of NF-kappaB by ZAS3, a zinc-finger protein that also binds to the kappaB motif.
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a review of past, current and future therapies.
- Highly elevated ferritin levels and the diagnosis of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
- Interleukin-17A is not expressed by CD207(+) cells in Langerhans cell histiocytosis lesions.
- Rate of decline of ferritin in patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis as a prognostic variable for mortality.
- Diagnosing hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: sheep vs. wolf.
- Erdheim-Chester: beyond the lesion.
- Neither IL-17A mRNA nor IL-17A protein are detectable in Langerhans cell histiocytosis lesions.
- Optimal therapy for adults with Langerhans cell histiocytosis bone lesions.
- Pathological consequence of misguided dendritic cell differentiation in histiocytic diseases.
- Clofarabine salvage therapy in refractory multifocal histiocytic disorders, including Langerhans cell histiocytosis, juvenile xanthogranuloma and Rosai-Dorfman disease.
- Updates on histiocytic disorders.
Treatments
- Cancer, Blood Disorders
Professional Memberships
- Member Histiocyte Society
- Member American Society for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Member American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Member American Society of Hematology
- Member American Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation,
Fellowships
- Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatric Hematology Oncology 2008
- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX Pediatric
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