Physician
Dermatology
Dr. Leon M. Edelstein, MD
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Leon Edelstein practices Dermatology. He went to medical school at Keck School of Medicine of USC. Keck School of Medicine of USC has a rank of 31 in research and a 72 in primary care Leon Edelstein is a published physician as well. He has 24 publications published. The latest was: Letter: Banded structure in cellular blue nevus. He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Truncal pruritic papular eruption and palmar hyperhidrosis after spinal cord contusion.
- Belaboring the obvious: maintenance of form with growth.
- Identical twins, asymmetrical mitosis and bilateral symmetry of organisms.
- Letter: Banded structure in cellular blue nevus.
- Histochemical studies of conversion of tyrosine and DOPA to melanin mediated by mammalian peroxidase.
- The histochemical tyrosine-dopa reaction for tyrosinase and its use in localizing tyrosinase activity in mast cells.
- [On histogenetic relationship between mast cells and melanocytes. Capability of the mast cells to produce melanin].
- An ultrastructural study of balloon cell nevus. Relationship of mast cells to nevus cells.
- What criteria reliably distinguish melanoma from Benign melanocytic lesions?
- The cell and the organism: the role of subdivisional cell replication in the development and maintenance of the multicellular organism.
- Peroxidase-dependent oxidation of tyrosine or dopa to melanin in neurons.
- Biochemical studies of the peroxidase-mediated oxidation of tyrosine to melanin: demonstration of the hydroxylation of tyrosine by plant and human peroxidases.
- DOPA compared with dihydroxyfumarate as co-factor in peroxidase-mediated oxidation of tyrosine to melanin. Histochemical studies with neutrophils, eosinophils, mast ce...
- Histochemical differentiation of peroxidase-mediated from tyrosinase-mediated melanin formation in mammalian tissues. The biologic significance of peroxidase-mediated ...
- NIH peer review favoritism: lavish financial support for questionable old concept of mammalian melanogenesis; absence of support for work based on new concept.
- Inability of murine melanoma melanosomal "tyrosinase" (L-dopa oxidase) to oxidize tyrosine to melanin in polyacrylamide gel systems.
- Inability to demonstrate hydroxylation of tyrosine by murine melanoma "tyrosinase" (L-DOPA oxidase), using the tritiated water assay technique.
- Subcellular demonstration of peroxidatic oxidation of tyrosine to melanin using dihydroxyfumarate as cofactor in mouse melanoma cells.
- Peroxidatic oxidation of tyrosine to melanin in supernatant of crude mouse melanoma homogenates.
- Peroxidatic conversion of tyrosine to dopachrome.
- A revised concept of mammalian melanogenesis: the possible synergistic functions of aerobic dopa oxidase and peroxidase. A review.
- Inability of murine melanoma "tyrosinase" (dopa ozidase) to oxidize tyrosine in the presence or absence of dopa or dihydroxyfumarate cofactor.
- The role of peroxidase vs. the role of tyrosinase in enzymatic conversion of tyrosine to melanin in melanocytes, mast cells and eosinophils.
Schools
Keck School Of Medicine Of The Univ Of Southern California
Boston City Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brandeis University
Conditions Treated
- Actinic Keratosis
- Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)
- Bedsores
- Benign Skin Lesion
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Doctors Specialties
- Anatomic Pathology
- Clinical Pathology
- Dermatology
Accepted Insurances
Education
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Boston University Medical Center -
Massachusetts General Hospital -
Jackson Memorial Hospital - Jackson Health System -
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1023177870 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | EDELSTEIN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | LEON | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 959913454 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Dermatology | |
| Total Claim Count | 256.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1023177870 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | EDELSTEIN |
| First Name Of The Provider | LEON |
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