Dr. William W Merrill MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
109 Bee St Medicine Service 111 Charleston SC, 29401About
Dr. William Merrill practices Pulmonology in Charleston, SC. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Merrill manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Medical College of Wisconsin 1971
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Flock worker's lung.
- Physician practice variation in assignment of return interval.
- Bronchoalveolar lavage. Let's focus on clinical utility.
- Association between neutrophil concentration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and recent losses in diffusing capacity in men formerly exposed to asbestos.
- From the match to the torch: new progress against an old adversary.
- Isolation of an inhibitor of neutrophil function from bronchial lavage of normal volunteers.
- Radiation-induced lung injury.
- Proteins of the respiratory tract after heart-lung transplantation.
- Modulation of endoperoxide product levels and cyclophosphamide-induced injury by glutathione repletion.
- Chemotactic properties of rat immunoglobulins and immune complexes.
- Prostaglandins E2 and E2 alpha are elevated in saliva of cystic fibrosis patients.
- Surface IgA and Fc-alpha receptors on human alveolar macrophages from normal subjects and from patients with sarcoidosis.
- Biologic activity of purified cotton bract extracts in man and guinea pig.
- An in vitro model for polymorphonuclear-leukocyte-induced injury to an extracellular matrix. Relative contribution of oxidants and elastase to fibronectin release from amnionic membranes.
- Prevention of pneumococcal bacteremia in a child with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related complex.
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer
- Throat Cancer
- Lung Cancer
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