Dr. Patrick A Thompson MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
101 Manning Drive N.C. Children's Hospital Chapel Hill NC, 27514About
Dr. Patrick Thompson is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Thompson 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. Thompson treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Thompson 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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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Targeted therapy in bone and soft tissue sarcoma in children and adolescents.
- Renal and hepatic tumors in the neonatal period.
- Population pharmacokinetics of doxorubicin: establishment of a NONMEM model for adults and children older than 3 years.
- Unusually early presentation of small-bowel adenocarcinoma in a patient with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
- Relapse surveillance in AFP-positive hepatoblastoma: re-evaluating the role of imaging.
- Identifying gene disruptions in novel balanced de novo constitutional translocations in childhood cancer patients by whole-genome sequencing.
- Reply to: No correlation between estimated and actual glomerular filtration rates in pediatric oncology patients.
- Using a Bedside Algorithm to Individually Dose High-dose Methotrexate for Patients at Risk for Toxicity.
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- Baylor College Of Medicine
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