KathleenA.MelezMD

Pediatrics • Los Angeles, CA

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Office
4733 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone(323) 783-4011
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Education & Training

UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Allergy and Immunology, 1990 - 1992
Drexel University - Hahnemann University HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 1987 - 1988
Georgetown University HospitalFellowship, Immunology, 1981 - 1982
Georgetown University HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 1980 - 1981
University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science CenterClass of 1969

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1987 - 2016
CA State Medical License 1982 - 2022
MD State Medical License 1980 - 1991
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Effect of partial testosterone replacement or thymosin on anti-DNA in castrated (NZB × NZW)F1 males
Kathleen A. Melez, Nicos Deleargyros, Joseph A. Bellanti, Allan L. Goldstein, P A Smathers, Alfred D. Steinberg> ;Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology. 1987 Mar 1
4 citations
Virus-induced Diabetes in Autoimmune New Zealand Mice
Ji-Won Yoon, Kathleen A. Melez, P A Smathers, Juanita A. Archer, Alfred D. Steinberg> ;Diabetes. 1983 Aug 1
47 citations
Virus-induced diabetes mellitus: autoimmunity and polyendocrine disease prevented by immunosuppression.
Takashi Onodera, Usha R. Ray, Kathleen A. Melez, Hoshibumi Suzuki, Antonio Toniolo, Abner Louis Notkins> ;Nature. 1982 May 6
14 citations
Diabetes is Associated with Autoimmunity in the New Zealand Obese (NZO) Mouse
Kathleen A. Melez, Len C. Harrison, James N. Gilliam, Alfred D. Steinberg> ;Diabetes Care. 1980 Oct 1
87 citations
Approach to the study of the role of sex hormones in autoimmunity.
Alfred D. Steinberg, Kathleen A. Melez, Elizabeth Raveche, J.Patton Reeves, William A. Boegel, P A Smathers, Joel D. Taurog, Lisa Weinlein, Madeleine Duvic> ;Arthritis & Rheumatism. 1979 Nov 1
8 citations
Modification of murine lupus by sex hormones.
Kathleen A. Melez, J. P. Reeves, Steinberg Ad> ;Annales De L'institut Pasteur. Immunologie. 1978 Jul 1
25 citations
Regulation of the Expression of Autoimmunity in NZB x NZW F1 Mice by Sex Hormones
Kathleen A. Melez, J. P. Reeves, A D Steinberg> ;Journal of immunopharmacology. 1978 Jan 1
Therapeutic studies in New Zealand mice. VII. Successful androgen treatment of NZB/NZW F1 females of different ages.
Melez, K. A., Boegel, W. A., Steinberg, A. D.> ;Arthritis Rheum. 1980 Jan
Autoantibodies in pregnancy.
Melez, K. A., Halfoun, V., Dobersen, M. J., Ginsberg-Fellner, F., Cowdery, J. S., Steinberg, A. D.> ;Lancet. 1983 Feb 12
Immune abnormalities in the diabetic New Zealand obese (NZO) mouse: insulin treatment partially suppresses splenic hyperactivity measured by flow cytometric analysis.
Melez, K. A., Attallah, A. M., Harrison, E. T., Raveche, E. S.> ;Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1985 Jul 01
Decline in rates of clearance of IgG-sensitized erythrocytes with increasing age.
Melez, K. A., Fries, L. F., Bender, B. S., Quinn, T., Frank, M. M.> ;Blood. 1988 Jun
Successful outpatient treatment of Trichosporon beigelii peritonitis with oral fluconazole.
Melez, K. A., Cherry, J., Sanchez, C., Ettinger, R. B., Walsh, T. J.> ;Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995 Dec
Massive pseudolymphomatous pericardial effusion in the posttransplant setting mimicking posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease.
Hudnall, S. D., Melez, K., Galindo, A., Bryson, Y.> ;Transplantation. 1996 Jun 27
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