Dr. Vemulkonda Koneti Rao MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
10, Center Drive Lcid Niaid Nih Rm 11 Bethesda MD, 20892About
Dr. Vemulkonda Rao is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Rao specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Rao treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Rao can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Histone deacetylase inhibitor FR901228 enhances adenovirus infection of hematopoietic cells.
- The extent of chromosomal aberrations induced by chemotherapy in non-human
- Causes and consequences of the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome.
- Valproic acid (VPA), a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, diminishes lymphoproliferation in the Fas -deficient MRL/lpr(-/-) murine model of autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS).
- The autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome: A rare disorder providing clues about normal tolerance.
- Development of disseminated histiocytic sarcoma in a patient with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome and associated Rosai-Dorfman disease.
- Using biomarkers to predict the presence of FAS mutations in patients with features of the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome.
- ALPS-ten lessons from an international workshop on a genetic disease of apoptosis.
- Somatic FAS mutations are common in patients with genetically undefined autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome.
- Revised diagnostic criteria and classification for the autoimmune
- Somatic KRAS mutations associated with a human nonmalignant syndrome of autoimmunity and abnormal leukocyte homeostasis.
- FAS haploinsufficiency is a common disease mechanism in the human autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome.
- How I treat autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome.
- Elevated vitamin B₁₂ levels in autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome attributable to elevated haptocorrin in lymphocytes.
- In utero and early postnatal presentation of autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome in a family with a novel FAS mutation.
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