
Dr. Marcelo Paul Vargas MD
Geneticist | Clinical Genetics (M.D.)
E Erie Ave & N Front St St Christophers Hosp Philadelphia PA, 19134About
Dr. Marcelo Vargas practices Genetic Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. As a geneticist, Dr. Vargas performs experiments and analyzes data to interpret the inheritance of different traits in patients. A geneticist evaluates, diagnoses, and manages patients with hereditary conditions or congenital malformations, genetic risk calculations, and mutation analysis. Dr. Vargas carries out studies, tests, and counsels patients with genetic diseases.
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PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
- Risk factors for latent tuberculosis infection among children in New York City.
- Infarcted myxoid fibroadenoma following fine-needle aspiration.
- Inhibition of Ras oncogenic activity by Ras protooncogenes.
- Angiogenesis in uterine cervical squamous cell carcinoma.
- Detection of heterozygosity loss in microdissected fine needle aspiration specimens of breast carcinoma.
- Immunohistologic assessment of technetium-99m-MIBI uptake in benign and malignant breast lesions.
- Utilization of molecular genetics in the differentiation between adrenal cortical adenomas and carcinomas.
- Lymphoepitheliomalike carcinoma: an unusual variant of endometrial cancer. A report of two cases.
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