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Overview

Leonard J. Deftos is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their professional contributions are primarily situated within this institution.

Leonard J. Deftos has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians, an honor indicating membership within a professional medical society.

Best Publications

  • 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptors in human leukocytes

    DM Provvedini;CD Tsoukas;LJ Deftos;SC Manolagas

  • New biochemical marker for bone metabolism. Measurement by radioimmunoassay of bone GLA protein in the plasma of normal subjects and patients with bone disease.

    P A Price;J G Parthemore;L J Deftos

  • Biochemical evaluation of patients with cancer-associated hypercalcemia: evidence for humoral and nonhumoral groups.

    Andrew F. Stewart;Ronald Horst;Leonard J. Deftos;Edwin C. Cadman

  • Secretion of chromogranin A by peptide-producing endocrine neoplasms.

    Daniel T. O'Connor;Leonard J. Deftos

  • The rate of bone mineral loss in normal men and the effects of calcium and cholecalciferol supplementation.

    Eric S. Orwoll;Shelia K. Oviatt;Michael R. McClung;Leonard J. Deftos

  • Synthesis of a biologically active N-terminal tetratriacontapeptide of parathyroid hormone.

    J. T. Potts;G. W. Tregear;H. T. Keutmann;H. D. Niall

  • Expression of messenger ribonucleic acids encoding a parathyroid hormone-like peptide in normal human and animal tissues with abnormal expression in human parathyroid adenomas.

    Kyoji Ikeda;Eleanor C. Weir;Marguerite Mangin;Priscilla S. Dannies

  • The Short-Term Effects of Conjugated Estrogen on Bone Turnover in Older Women

    Karen M. Prestwood;Carol C. Pilbeam;Joseph A. Burleson;Florence N. Woodiel

  • 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 stimulates the alkaline phosphatase activity of osteoblast-like cells.

    S C Manolagas;D W Burton;L J Deftos

  • Chromogranin A: Immunohistology reveals its universal occurrence in normal polypeptide hormone producing endocrine glands

    Daniel T. O'Connor;Daniel T. O'Connor;Douglas Burton;Douglas Burton;Leonard J. Deftos;Leonard J. Deftos

  • Influence of Age and Sex on Plasma Calcitonin in Human Beings

    L. J. Deftos;M. H. Weisman;G. W. Williams;D. B. Karpf

  • Changes in plasma bone GLA protein during treatment of bone disease.

    Leonard J. Deftos;Jacqueline G. Parthemore;Paul A. Price

  • Uncoupling of bone formation and resorption by combined oestrogen and progestagen therapy in postmenopausal osteoporosis.

    C. Christiansen;C. Christiansen;C. Christiansen;L. Nilas;L. Nilas;L. Nilas;B.J. Riis;B.J. Riis;B.J. Riis;P. Rødbro;P. Rødbro;P. Rødbro

  • Bone Mineral Density And Indexes Of Bone Metabolism In Spinal Cord Injury

    Suzanne M. Szollar;Estralita M. E. Martin;David J. Sartoris;Jacqueline G. Parthemore

  • 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor-like macromolecule in rat osteogenic sarcoma cell lines.

    S C Manolagas;M R Haussler;L J Deftos

  • Parathyroid hormone-related protein: A potential autocrine growth regulator in human prostate cancer cell lines

    Masatsugu Iwamura;Masatsugu Iwamura;Masatsugu Iwamura;Guan Wu;Guan Wu;Guan Wu;Per-Anders Abrahamsson;Per-Anders Abrahamsson;Per-Anders Abrahamsson;Abraham T.K. Cockett;Abraham T.K. Cockett;Abraham T.K. Cockett

  • IMMUNOREACTIVE HUMAN CHROMOGRANIN A IN DIVERSE POLYPEPTIDE HORMONE PRODUCING HUMAN TUMORS AND NORMAL ENDOCRINE TISSUES

    Daniel T. O’Connor;Douglas Burton;Leonard J. Deftos

  • Parathyroid hormone: Sequence, synthesis, immunoassay studies

    J. T. Potts;T. M. Murray;Munro Peacock;H. D. Niall

  • Immunohistochemical Localization of Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein in Human Prostate Cancer

    Masatsugu Iwamura;P. Anthony di Sant'Agnese;Guan Wu;Cynthia M. Benning

  • Isolation and characterization of the bovine parathyroid isohormones.

    Henry T. Keutmann;Gerald D. Aurbach;Bess F. Dawson;Hugh D. Niall

Frequent Co-Authors

John T. Potts
John T. Potts Harvard University
Michael Bouvet
Michael Bouvet University of California, San Diego
Daniel T. O'Connor
Daniel T. O'Connor University of California, San Diego
Robert Terkeltaub
Robert Terkeltaub University of California, San Diego
Robert M. Hoffman
Robert M. Hoffman AntiCancer (United States)
Stavros C. Manolagas
Stavros C. Manolagas University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Henry T. Keutmann
Henry T. Keutmann Harvard University
Joel F. Habener
Joel F. Habener Harvard University
Mark R. Haussler
Mark R. Haussler University of Arizona
Gerald D. Aurbach
Gerald D. Aurbach National Institutes of Health

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