User profiles for M. A. Pearl

Pearl Ma, MD FACS, FASMBS, Dipl of ABOM

University of California-San Francisco Fresno
Verified email at fresno.ucsf.edu
Cited by 247

Naegleria and Acanthamoeba infections

P Ma, GS Visvesvara, AJ Martinez… - Clinical Infectious …, 1990 - academic.oup.com
Infections caused by small, free-living amebas are still unfamiliar to many clinicians,
pathologists, and laboratorians. As of 31 July 1989, more than 140 cases of primary amebic …

Renal heterotransplantation in man

…, BH McCracken, JU Schlegel, MA Pearl… - Annals of …, 1964 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Three-step stool examination for cryptosporidiosis in 10 homosexual men with protracted watery diarrhea

P Ma, R Soave - Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1983 - academic.oup.com
Cryptosporidiosis, a zoonosis caused by Cryptosporidium species, is a newly recognized
coccidial protozoan infection causing severe protracted watery diarrhea in humans. In August …

Treatment with bovine hyperimmune colostrum of cryptosporidial diarrhea in AIDS patients

J Nord, P Ma, D Dijohn, S Tzipori, CO Tacket - Aids, 1990 - journals.lww.com
Cryptosporidium parvum may cause severe, debilitating diarrhea in patients with AIDS. Recent
anecdotal reports have suggested that hyperimmune bovine colostrum may be effective. …

Conversion of standard Roux-en-Y gastric bypass to distal bypass for weight loss failure and metabolic syndrome: 3-year follow-up and evolution of technique to …

S Ghiassi, K Higa, S Chang, P Ma, A Lloyd… - Surgery for Obesity and …, 2018 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Saber Ghiassi MD, MPH a , Kelvin Higa MD b , Steven
Chang MD b , Pearl Ma MD b , Aaron Lloyd MPH b , Keith Boone MD b , Eric J. DeMaria MD c …

Revisional bariatric/metabolic surgery: what dictates its indications?

P Ma, S Reddy, KD Higa - Current atherosclerosis reports, 2016 - Springer
Bariatric/metabolic surgery is currently the only effective long-term treatment for morbid obesity-
and obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, obstructive …

Cryptosporidiosis in homosexual men

…, RL DANNER, CL HONIG, MA Pearl… - Annals of internal …, 1984 - acpjournals.org
Between April 1982 and June 1983, cryptosporidiosis was diagnosed in six homosexual men.
Four patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome had lymphopenia, cutaneous …

Intestinal and bronchial cryptosporidiosis in an immunodeficient homosexual man

P FORGACS, A TARSHIS, P MA… - Annals of Internal …, 1983 - acpjournals.org
Excerpt Recent reports have implicated Isospora belli and Cryptosporidium species, similar
coccidial protozoa, as the cause of considerable diarrhea and malabsorption in …

Diabetes Mellitus Remission in Patients with BMI > 50 kg/m2 after Bariatric Surgeries: A Real-World Multi-Centered Study

…, E Lee, K Spaniolas, M Kendrick, K Higa, P Ma… - Obesity Surgery, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a common comorbidity associated with
obesity, particularly in patients with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 50 kg/m 2 . We aim to study real-…

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Remission after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Multi-centered Experience with Long Term Follow Up

…, BKA Dayyeh, KD Higa, K Spaniolas, P Ma… - Surgery for Obesity and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is associated with short- and mid-term type
2 diabetes (T2D) remission. Long-term outcomes and predictive parameters associated with …