Rasa Kazlauskaite, MD

Below is a list of scientific publications for which this practitioner was either the primary author or a contributor. Citations come from PubMed, a database of biomedical literature, life science journals and online books. PubMed is a service of the US Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Click on the title of the cited work for more information (this will take you directly to PubMed.gov). Listings go back five years.

1. High serum levels of free cortisol indicate severity of cirrhosis in hemodynamically stable patients.
   Thevenot T, Dorin R, Monnet E, Qualls CR, Sapin R, Grandclement E, Borot S, Sheppard F, Weil D, Degand T, Di Martino V, Kazlauskaite R.
   J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012
   2012 Oct
   27(10):1596-601. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2012.07188.x.
   
2. How well does the body adiposity index capture adiposity change in midlife women?: The SWAN fat patterning study.
   Appelhans BM, Kazlauskaite R, Karavolos K, Janssen I, Kravitz HM, Dugan S, Burns JW, Shipp-Johnson K, Powell LH.
   Am J Hum Biol. 2012
   2012 Nov-Dec
   24(6):866-9. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22330. Epub 2012 Sep 27.
   
3. The Association between Self-Reported Energy Intake and Intra-Abdominal Adipose Tissue in Perimenopausal Women.
   Kazlauskaite R, Karavolos K, Janssen I, Carlson K, Shipp KJ, Dugan SA, Powell LH.
   J Obes. 2012
   2012
   2012:567320. Epub 2012 Jun 27.
   
4. Subcutaneous adipose tissue in relation to subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiometabolic risk factors in midlife women
   Wildman RP, Janssen I, Khan UI, Thurston R, Barinas-Mitchell E, El Khoudary SR, Everson-Rose SA, Kazlauskaite R, Matthews KA, Sutton-Tyrrell K
   Am J Clin Nutr
   2011 Feb 23
   
5. Predictors of diastolic dysfunction among minority patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes
   Kazlauskaite R, Doukky R, Evans A, Margeta B, Ruchi A, Fogelfeld L, Kelly RF
   Diabetes Res Clin Pract
   2010 May
   88(2):189-95
   
6. Vitamin D is associated with atheroprotective high-density lipoprotein profile in postmenopausal women
   Kazlauskaite R, Powell LH, Mandapakala C, Cursio JF, Avery EF, Calvin J
   J Clin Lipidol
   2010 Mar-Apr
   4(2):113-9
   
7. Testosterone and visceral fat in midlife women: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) fat patterning study
   Janssen I, Powell LH, Kazlauskaite R, Dugan SA
   Obesity (Silver Spring)
   2010 Mar
   18(3):604-10
   
8. Lifestyle in France and the United States: an American perspective
   Powell LH, Kazlauskaite R, Shima C, Appelhans BM
   J Am Diet Assoc
   2010 Jun
   110(6):845-7
   
9. Alcohol consumption and risk of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in a cohort of postmenopausal women
   Kabat GC, Kim M, Shikany JM, Rodgers AK, Wactawski-Wende J, Lane D, Powell L, Stefanick ML, Freiberg MS, Kazlauskaite R, Chlebowski RT, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rohan TE
   Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
   2010 Aug
   19(8):2066-72
   
10. Pitfalls in the diagnosis of central adrenal insufficiency in children
    Kazlauskaite R, Maghnie M
    Endocr Dev
    2010
    17:96-107
    
11. Accuracy of self-monitored blood glucose in type 2 diabetes
    Kazlauskaite R, Soni S, Evans AT, Graham K, Fisher B
    Diabetes Technol Ther
    2009 Jun
    11(6):385-92
    
12. Corticotropin tests for hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal insufficiency: a metaanalysis
    Kazlauskaite R, Evans AT, Villabona CV, Abdu TA, Ambrosi B, Atkinson AB, Choi CH, Clayton RN, Courtney CH, Gonc EN, Maghnie M, Rose SR, Soule SG, Tordjman K; Consortium for Evaluation of Corticotropin Test in Hypothalamic-Pituitary Adrenal Insufficiency
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab
    2008 Nov
    93(11):4245-53
    

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• The patients that I see come for disease management or wellness. And the endocrine conditions that we manage are related to thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, pancreas or female or male hormone disorders. Our passion is prevention of heart disease and diabetes.

  We are advisors for the patient. And the patient is managing their condition. We always hope that we are helpers for the patient, but the patient is the boss.