Dr. Gemma Tok hyon Ko M.D.
Internist
4511 Rosemead Blvd Pico Rivera CA, 90660Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Gemma Ko is an internist practicing in Pico Rivera, CA. Dr. Ko specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Ko provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Univ of Hi John A Burns Sch of Med, Honolulu Hi 1987
University of Hawaii 1987
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Age, body mass index and 2-hour plasma glucose are the major determinants of blood pressure in Chinese women newly diagnosed to have glucose intolerance.
- Clinical characteristics of acromegaly in Hong Kong.
- Ten-year cardiovascular risk in a Hong Kong population.
- Gastrointestinal symptoms in Chinese patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Plasma insulin, growth hormone, cortisol, and central obesity among young Chinese type 2 diabetic patients.
- Rapid increase in the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in asymptomatic Hong Kong Chinese.
- Use of a paired value of fasting plasma glucose and glycated hemoglobin in predicting the likelihood of diabetes in a community.
- Prediction of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia or albuminuria using simple anthropometric indexes in Hong Kong Chinese.
- Two-hour post-glucose loading plasma glucose is the main determinant for the progression from impaired glucose tolerance to diabetes in Hong Kong Chinese.
- Adrenal and hypophyseal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting with panhypopituitarism.
- Glucose intolerance and other cardiovascular risk factors in chinese women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus.
- Glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes: the impact of body weight, beta-cell function and patient education.
- Diabetic microangiopathic complications in young Chinese diabetic patients: a clinic-based cross-sectional study.
- Obesity is the key determinant of cardiovascular risk factors in the Hong Kong Chinese population: cross-sectional clinic-based study.
- Diagnosing diabetes mellitus in the Asian population.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Obesity
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (dvt)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
- Permanent Removal Of Ingrown Toenails
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