Dr. Charles A. Linker MD
Hematologist (Blood Specialist) | Hematology
400 Parnassus Ave 405 Irving Street San Francisco CA, 94143Rating
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Dr. Charles Linker is a hematology internist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Linker specializes in cases of suspected blood disorders when a diagnosis is unclear and further medical care is needed. Hematology internists work with other specialists such as surgeons, radiation therapists and gynecologists in order to get a better understanding on the cases. Often, patients are asked to participate in clinical research that could result in more efficient treatment methods.
Education and Training
Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca 1974
Stanford University School of Medicine 1974
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- High-dose chemotherapy (CTM) for breast cancer.
- High-dose chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell rescue for breast cancer: experience in California.
- Autologous stem cell transplantation for acute lymphocytic leukemia in adults.
- The effect of graft purging with 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide in autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia.
- Autologous stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia.
- Thrombotic microangiopathies in the 1980s: clinical features, response to treatment, and the impact of the human immunodeficiency virus epidemic.
- Treatment of acute leukemia with idarubicin, etoposide and cytarabine (IDEA). A randomized study of etoposide schedule.
- Treatment of acute leukemia in adults.
- Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid pharmacokinetics of 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine and 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyluracil following the repeated intravenous administration of high- and intermediate-dose 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine.
- Autologous transplantation for Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia achieves outcomes similar to allogeneic transplantation: results of CALGB Study 10001 (Alliance).
- Management of treatment failures in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
- The association between high-dose cytarabine neurotoxicity and renal insufficiency.
- Kinetics and sensitivity of daunorubicin in patients with acute leukemia.
- Prednisone therapy of post-transfusion purpura.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia with monosomy 7 in a Hiroshima survivor 37 years after the bomb.
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