Dr. Akash J. Patel M.D.
Neurosurgeon
1709 Dryden Rd Suite 750 Houston TX, 77030Rating
5/5
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Dr. Akash Patel practices Neurological Surgery in Houston, TX. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Patel prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Directed evolution experiments reveal mutations at cycloartenol synthase residue His477 that dramatically alter catalysis.
- Epidemiology of metastatic brain tumors.
- Rare association between cystic fibrosis, Chiari I malformation, and hydrocephalus in a baby: a case report and review of the literature.
- Open reduction and internal fixation for angulated, unstable odontoid synchondrosis fractures in children: a safe alternative to halo fixation?
- Double-barrel bypass for cerebral ischemia: technique, rationale, and preliminary experience with 10 consecutive cases.
- Isolated cervical spinal canal stenosis at C-1 in the pediatric population and in Williams syndrome.
- Congenital hypoplasia or aplasia of the lumbosacral pedicle as an unusual cause of spondylolisthesis in the pediatric age group.
- Practice trends in the utilization of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in pediatric neurosurgery as a function of complication rate, and patient-, surgeon-, and procedure-related factors.
- Far lateral paracondylar versus transcondylar approach in the pediatric age group: CT morphometric analysis.
- Forniceal deep brain stimulation rescues hippocampal memory in Rett syndrome mice.
- Intraventricular Cavernomas of the Third Ventricle: Report of 2 Cases and a Systematic Review of the Literature.
- Jak2-mediated phosphorylation of Atoh1 is critical for medulloblastoma growth.
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