Dr. Erwin W Gelfand MD
Pediatrician
1400 Jackson St Denver CO, 80206Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Erwin Gelfand is a pediatrician practicing in Denver, CO. Dr. Gelfand is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Gelfand diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Gelfand can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Education and Training
Mc Gill Univ- Fac Of Med- Montreal- Que- Canada 1966
McGill University Faculty of Medicine 1966
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The inhibition of initial steps of lymphocyte transformation by cytochalasin B1.
- Mechanisms of glucocorticoid reduction in asthmatic subjects treated with intravenous immunoglobulin.
- IL-5 and eosinophils are essential for the development of airway hyperresponsiveness following acute respiratory syncytial virus infection.
- CD8 T cells are essential in the development of respiratory syncytial virus-induced lung eosinophilia and airway hyperresponsiveness.
- Role of the Th2 cytokines in the development of allergen-induced airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness.
- Anti-CD86 (B7.2) treatment abolishes allergic airway hyperresponsiveness in mice.
- Role of IgE in the development of allergic airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness--a murine model.
- Microfilament assembly is involved in B-cell apoptosis.
- Immunotherapy with antigens and epitopes: pro or con.
- The late, but not early, asthmatic response is dependent on IL-5 and correlates with eosinophil infiltration.
- The role of immunoglobulin therapy in allergic diseases.
- Comparative analysis of invertebrate Tc6 sequences that resemble the vertebrate V(D)J recombination signal sequences (RSS).
- Asymmetric DDE (D35E)-like sequences in the RAG proteins: implications for V(D)J recombination and retroviral pathogenesis.
- Systemic and local interferon gamma gene delivery to the lungs for treatment of allergen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness in mice.
- Anti-interleukin 5 but not anti-IgE prevents airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Allergies, Asthma, Bronchiectasis And More
- Asthma
- Immunodeficiency
Fellowships
- Children's Hospital Boston / Harvard Medical School, Immunology 1969
- Children's Hospital 1971
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