Valdis PIRAGS

Pirags_Valdis.jpg (4501 bytes) Prof. Dr.med. Valdis PIRAGS

Faculty of Medicine
University of Latvia
Sarlotes  iela 1a
Riga, LV 1001
Latvia

Phone: + 371 29237760, +371 67069307
Fax: + 371 67614168
E-mail: pirags@latnet.lv

 

Born: February 20, 1961, Jelgava, Latvia

Languages: Latvian, English, German, Russian

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Main Research:

Creation of the Unified Latvian Genome Database (2003-2009)
Protein kinase C activity and thrombogenesis in diabetic patients.
Microcirculation in diabetic patients.
Genetics of Graves'disease.

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Recent/Representative Publications: 

 The Thyroid and Reproduction. Edited by J.Lazarus, V.Pirags, S.Butz - Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York, 2009, 174 pp..

V.Pirags, E.Grens. The Latvian Genome Project. - In: J.Sandor (ed.). Society and Genetic Information. Codes and Laws in the Genetic Era. Budapest - New York, CPS Books, Central European University Press, 2003, pp. 225-231