Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pediatric Endocrinology
Dr. Selma F. Witchel, MD
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Selma F. Witchel is an expert in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology. She went to medical school at University Hospital - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Selma F. Witchel, MD has written publications. She has 82 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Variants of the type II 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase gene in children with premature pubic hair and hyperandrogenic adolescents.'
Publications
- Can Malignant Thyroid Nodules Be Distinguished from Benign Thyroid Nodules in Children and Adolescents by Clinical Characteristics? A Review of 89 Pediatric Patients w...
- Are Young Adult Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Slipping through the Healthcare Cracks?
- Preoperative cytology with molecular analysis to help guide surgery for pediatric thyroid nodules.
- The Kiss1 system and Polycystic ovary syndrome: lessons from physiology and putative pathophysiologic implications.
- Prenatal treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia: risks outweigh benefits.
- Non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
- The patient with Turner Syndrome: puberty and medical management concerns.
- Papillary thyroid carcinoma in an autonomous hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule: case report and review of the literature.
- Serum anti-mullerian hormone concentrations are elevated in oligomenorrheic girls without evidence of hyperandrogenism.
- Evaluating protocols for embryonic stem cell differentiation into insulin-secreting beta-cells using insulin II-GFP as a specific and noninvasive reporter.
- Association of the -243 A-->G polymorphism of the glutamate decarboxylase 2 gene with Obesity in girls with premature pubarche.
- Reverse referral: from pathology to endocrinology.
- Ontogeny of Polycystic ovary syndrome: a creative approach.
- Environmental factors and Puberty timing: expert panel research needs.
- The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in critical illness.
- Glucocorticoid receptor physiology.
- TNF-alpha and glucocorticoid receptor interaction in L6 muscle cells: a cooperative downregulation of myosin heavy chain.
- Association of the GAA1013-->GAG polymorphism of the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF1R) gene with premature pubarche.
- Insulin-like peptide 6: characterization of secretory status and posttranslational modifications.
- Risk of T2DM and impaired fasting glucose among PCOS subjects: results of an 8-year follow-up.
- Prevalence of CYP21 mutations and IRS1 variant among women with Polycystic ovary syndrome and adrenal androgen excess.
- Mutational analysis of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) gene in children with premature pubarche and adolescent girls with hyperandrogenism.
- GenoType analysis of the neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y1 and NPY Y5 receptor genes in gonadotropin-releasing hormone-dependent precocious gonadarche.
- Detection and assignment of CYP21 mutations using peptide mass signature genotyping.
- Frequency of the T228A polymorphism in the SORBS1 gene in children with premature pubarche and in adolescent girls with hyperandrogenism.
- Increased frequency of the G972R variant of the insulin receptor substrate-1 (irs-1) gene among girls with a history of Precocious pubarche.
- Inter- and intrafamilial variability in premature pubarche and Polycystic ovary syndrome.
- Troglitazone: a possible modulator of Ovarian steroidogenesis.
- Hyperandrogenism in adolescents.
- Y Chromosomal Sequences Identified in Gonadal Tissue of Two 45,X Patients with Turner Syndrome.
- Genital surgery among females with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: changes over the past five decades.
- Monozygotic twins with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: long-term endocrine evaluation and gene analysis.
- Can Diabetes be cured by therapeutic cloning?
- 46,XX patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: initial assignment as male, reassigned female.
- Positions statement: criteria for defining Polycystic ovary syndrome as a predominantly hyperandrogenic syndrome: an Androgen Excess Society guideline.
- Mechanisms of Disease: regulation of glucocorticoid and receptor levels--impact on the metabolic syndrome.
- The Androgen Excess and PCOS Society criteria for the Polycystic ovary syndrome: the complete task force report.
- The frequency of CYP 21 gene mutations in Turkish women with hyperandrogenism.
- Mutational characterization of steroid 21-hydroxylase gene in Portuguese patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
- Reproductive outcome of women with 21-hydroxylase-deficient nonclassic adrenal hyperplasia.
- The glucocorticoid receptor N363S polymorphism and steroid response in Duchenne dystrophy.
- Epidemiology, diagnosis and management of hirsutism: a consensus statement by the Androgen Excess and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society.
- Neuropsychological functioning in girls with premature adrenarche.
- Molecular genetics and pathophysiology of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 Deficiency.
- Treatment of central Precocious puberty: comparison of urinary gonadotropin excretion and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) stimulation tests in monitoring GnRH an...
- Phenotypic heterogeneity associated with the splicing mutation in congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase Deficiency.
- De novo der(X)t(X;10)(q26;q21) with features of distal trisomy 10q: case report of paternal origin identified by late replication with BrdU and the human androgen rece...
- Molecular and cytogenetic studies of X inactivation in a patient with 46,X,del(X)(q22).
- "De novo" duplication Xq23-->Xq26 of paternal origin in a girl with a mildly affected phenoType.
- Evidence for a heterozygote advantage in congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase Deficiency.
- Newborn screening for 21-hydroxylase Deficiency: results of CYP21 molecular genetic analysis.
- The influence of estrogen on growth.
- Spectrum of malignancy and premalignancy in Carney Syndrome.
- Hyperandrogenism and manifesting heterozygotes for 21-hydroxylase Deficiency.
- Identification of heterozygotic carriers of 21-hydroxylase Deficiency: sensitivity of ACTH stimulation tests.
- Progressive virilization of a pubertal phenotypic female: 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Deficiency.
- Human chorionic gonadotropin stimulation to assess for Ovarian hyperandrogenism.
- 17 alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase dysregulation is not caused by mutations in the coding regions of CYP17.
- Variants of the Type II 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase gene in children with premature pubic hair and hyperandrogenic adolescents.
- Glucocorticoid resistance in premature pubarche and adolescent hyperandrogenism.
- Identification of CYP21 mutations, one novel, by single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. Mutations in brief no. 218. Online.
- Absence of microdeletions in the Y chromosome in patients with a history of cryptorchidism and azoospermia or oligospermia.
- Ovarian responses to hCG stimulation: insulin resistance/hyperinsulinaemia vs. insulin deficiency.
- The presence of the 21-hydroxylase deficiency carrier status in hirsute women: phenoType-genoType correlations.
- Leptin concentrations in Precocious puberty or untimely puberty with and without GnRH analogue therapy.
- No association between body mass index and beta(3)-adrenergic receptor variant (W64R) in children with premature pubarche and adolescent girls with hyperandrogenism.
- CYP21 mutations in Brazilian patients with 21-hydroxylase Deficiency.
- Insulin-like 3/relaxin-like factor gene mutations are associated with cryptorchidism.
- The role of heterozygosity for CYP21 in the Polycystic ovary syndrome.
- A variant of the glucocorticoid receptor gene is not associated with adrenal androgen excess in women with Polycystic ovary syndrome.
- 21-Hydroxylase-deficient nonclassic adrenal hyperplasia is a progressive disorder: a multicenter study.
- Early metabolic abnormalities in adolescent girls with Polycystic ovarian syndrome.
- Candidate gene analysis in premature pubarche and adolescent hyperandrogenism.
- Inconsistent effects of the proline12 --> alanine variant of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 gene on body mass index in children and adolescent g...
- Puberty and Polycystic ovary syndrome.
- Frequencies of the D85 and Y85 variants of UGT2B15 in children and adolescent girls with hyperandrogenism.
- Guidelines for the Development of Comprehensive Care Centers for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Guidance from the CARES Foundation Initiative.
- The medical home concept and congenital adrenal hyperplasia: a comfortable habitat!
- Nonclassic congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
- Prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 6 rescue resulting in paternal UPD6 with novel placental findings.
- Specific dynamic and noninvasive labeling of pancreatic beta cells in reporter mice.
Schools
University of Pittsburgh Main Campus
Chldns Hospital Med Center
Chldns Hospital
Conditions Treated
- Adrenogenital Disorders
- Diabetes Insipidus
- Diabetes Type 1
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Endocrinology
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Education
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center -
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center -
University Hospital - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine -
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Hospital
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UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
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