Dr. John Thorson

Medical Genetics
UC San Diego
200 W Arbor Dr, 
San Diego, CA 
UC San Diego
200 W Arbor Dr, 
San Diego, CA 
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John Thorson is a Medical Genetics provider in San Diego, California. His top areas of expertise are Retinopathy Pigmentary Mental Retardation, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN), Chromosome 13q Duplication, and Trisomy 13.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 22 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Specialties
Medical Genetics
Licenses
Molecular Genetic Pathology in MO
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

UC San Diego
200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
Call: 619-543-7874

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.

22 Total Publications

Interpreting Discordant Monosomy 3 FISH and Chromosomal Microarray Analysis Results in Uveal Melanoma.
Interpreting Discordant Monosomy 3 FISH and Chromosomal Microarray Analysis Results in Uveal Melanoma.
Journal: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
Published: November 24, 2022
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