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UPMC Pathology
Pittsburgh, PA
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Insurances accepted
UPMC Health Plan
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Bio
Currently, my interest is developing efficient and affordable genome tools for molecular pathology testing, besides running my practice. My hobby is tennis and hike. I am a big fan of Apple products.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Pathology
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jianhua Luoanswered
Pathology 41 years experience
Help to make choice: Karyotype or chromosome copy number analyses of fetal cells can reveal chromosome abnormalities of a fetus. In addition, several other genetic tests c... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Pathology 41 years experience
Yes: Mutations in one of these several genes will cause colorblindness. These are autosomal recessive mutations. The genes are: achm2-alpha subunit of the ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Pathology 41 years experience
Blood clotting: Thrombocytopenia means low level of blood plateletes. Prothrombin time is a test for extrinsic coagulation pathway that is initiated with factor vii. ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Pathology 41 years experience
Several conditions: Cross reactivity of antibodies against cardiolipin and dna, either double strands or single strand, is typically found in autoimmune diseases, such as... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Jianhua Luoanswered
Pathology 41 years experience
Gene mutation : Neurofibromatosis is a disorder resulted from a single gene mutation (nf1). Patients may have multiple cutaneous tumors. Some may have solitary deep t... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jianhua Luoanswered
Pathology 41 years experience
A prion disease: The human prion diseases occur in inherited, acquired, and sporadic forms. Inherited cjd associates with coding mutations in the prnp gene. Acquired p... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jianhua Luoanswered
Pathology 41 years experience
No: Most human malignancies occur in advanced ages. However, several malignant tumors do happen in children, such as leukemia, medullary blastoma, neurobl... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jianhua Luoanswered
Pathology 41 years experience
Consult your doctor: Nine millimeter gallbladder wall appears unusally thick. Pathology examination may be needed to determine the nature of your gallbladder condition.
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TestimonialsRecommendations and Thank you notes are endorsements given from patients or other doctors.
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HealthTap member
Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Luo is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
HealthTap member
Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Luo is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Guangzhou Medical College, China
Graduated 1982MD
Residency
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
Awards
American Top pathologist-2009
Affiliations
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association of Advancement of Science
Society of Basic Urological Research
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