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Overview

Kalman Kovacs is affiliated with St. Michael's Hospital in Canada and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Genetics, Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover key areas such as:

  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
  • Vitamin D Research Studies

Kovacs has published research in a range of scientific venues including Neurosurgical FOCUS, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger, Frontiers in Immunology, and Orvosi Hetilap.

Recent publications present a diverse scope of topics. These include:

  • Development and validation of the disease-specific QOL-CD quality of life questionnaire for patients with Cushing's disease (2020, Neurosurgical FOCUS)
  • Altered Levels of Natural Autoantibodies against Heat Shock Proteins in Pregnant Women with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (2024, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Effect of thyroxin on cell morphology and hormone secretion of pituitary grafts in rats (2020, Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger)
  • B cells from anti-thyroid antibody positive, infertile women show hyper-reactivity to BCR stimulation (2022, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • IVF-kezelésbe bevont páciensek oxidatívstressz-szintjeinek analízise klinikai jellemzők függvényében (2025, Orvosi Hetilap)

Kovacs collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors, among whom include:

  • Fabio Rotondo
  • Ákos Várnagy
  • Anna Bajnok
  • Jasper Nörenberg
  • Tímea Serény-Litvai

Best Publications

  • Microadenomas of the Pituitary and Abnormal Sellar Tomograms in an Unselected Autopsy Series

    Gerard N. Burrow;George Wortzman;Neill B. Rewcastle;Richard C. Holgate

  • Proliferative Activity and Invasiveness among Pituitary Adenomas and Carcinomas: An Analysis Using the MIB-1 Antibody

    Thapar K;Kovacs K;Scheithauer Bw;Stefaneanu L

  • Pathology of invasive pituitary tumors with special reference to functional classification

    Bernd W. Scheithauer;Kalman T. Kovacs;Edward R. Laws;Raymond V. Randall

  • Clinical case seminar: lymphocytic hypophysitis: clinicopathological findings.

    E Thodou;S L Asa;G Kontogeorgos;K Kovacs

  • Pituitary carcinoma: a clinicopathologic study of 15 cases.

    Peter J. Pernicone;Bernd W. Scheithauer;Thomas J. Sebo;Kalman T. Kovacs

  • Somatotroph Hyperplasia: SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF ACROMEGALY BY REMOVAL OF A PANCREATIC ISLET TUMOR SECRETING A GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING FACTOR

    M. O. Thorner;R. L. Perryman;M. J. Cronin;A. D. Rogol

  • Tumors of the Pituitary Gland

    Ricardo V. Lloyd;Bernd W. Scheithauer;Eva Horvath;Kalman Kovacs

  • p53 Expression in Pituitary Adenomas and Carcinomas: Correlation with Invasiveness and Tumor Growth Fractions

    Kamal Thapar;Bernd W. Scheithauer;Kalman Kovacs;Peter J. Pernicone

  • Endoglin (CD105): a review of its role in angiogenesis and tumor diagnosis, progression and therapy.

    Farshad Nassiri;Michael D Cusimano;Bernd W Scheithauer;Fabio Rotondo

  • The pituitary gland in pregnancy: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 69 cases

    Bernd W. Scheithauer;Toshiaki Sano;Kalman T. Kovacs;William F. Young

  • Aggressive pituitary adenomas—diagnosis and emerging treatments

    Antonio Di Ieva;Fabio Rotondo;Luis V. Syro;Michael D. Cusimano

  • Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone-Producing Tumors: Clinical, Biochemical, and Morphological Manifestations*

    Toshiaki Sano;Sylvia L. Asa;Kalman Kovacs

  • Immunomodulation by bromocriptine.

    Eva Nagy;I. Berczi;Graham E. Wren;Sylvia L. Asa

  • Ectopic secretion of corticotropin-releasing factor as a cause of Cushing's syndrome. A clinical, morphologic, and biochemical study.

    Robert M. Carey;Shalendra K. Varma;Charles R. Drake;Michael O. Thorner

  • Pathobiology of pituitary adenomas and carcinomas.

    Bernd W. Scheithauer;Thomas A. Gaffey;Ricardo V. Lloyd;Thomas J. Sebo

  • Lymphocytic Hypophysitis of Pregnancy Resulting in Hypopituitarism: A Distinct Clinicopathologic Entity

    Sylvia L. Asa;Juan M. Bilbao;Kalman Kovacs;Robert G. Josse

  • Regulation of humoral immunity in rats by pituitary hormones

    Istvan Berczi;Eva Nagy;Kalman Kovacs;Eva Horvath

  • Frequent Loss of Heterozygosity at the Retinoblastoma Susceptibility Gene (RB) Locus in Aggressive Pituitary Tumors: Evidence for a Chromosome 13 Tumor Suppressor Gene Other Than RB

    Lin Pei;Shlomo Melmed;Shlomo Melmed;Bernard Scheithauer;Kalman Kovacs

  • Presence of Human Prolactin-Producing Adenomas and Bromocriptine: A Histological, Immunocytochemical, Ultrastructural, and Morphometric Study

    George T. Tindall;Kalman Kovacs;Eva Horvath;Michael O. Thorner

  • H-ras mutations in human pituitary carcinoma metastases

    Lin Pei;S. Melmed;B. Scheithauer;K. Kovacs

Frequent Co-Authors

Eva Horvath
Eva Horvath University of Toronto
Ricardo V. Lloyd
Ricardo V. Lloyd University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sylvia L. Asa
Sylvia L. Asa Case Western Reserve University
George M. Yousef
George M. Yousef University of Toronto
Shlomo Melmed
Shlomo Melmed Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Edward R. Laws
Edward R. Laws Brigham and Women's Hospital
Michael O. Thorner
Michael O. Thorner University of Virginia
William F. Young
William F. Young Mayo Clinic
David G. Munoz
David G. Munoz University of Toronto

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