Kamyar D Kalantar-zadeh
Professor
Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health and Chief of Nephrolo
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Kalantar has conducted research on kidney disease outcome and epidemiology, cardiovascular risks in CKD, malnutrition and wasting in chronic diseases, inflammation and cachexia, diabetes and obesity, renal osteodystrophy and mineral disorders, sodium and potassium disarrays, anemia and iron deficiency, disparities and quality of life in CKD, and acid-base disorders.
Research Interest
Kidney disease,chronic diseases, inflammation and cachexia, diabetes and obesity, renal osteodystrophy and mineral disorders, sodium and potassium disarrays
Publications
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Hemoglobin A1c and survival in hemodialysis patients. Diabetes Care 2007
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Association of activated vitamin D treatment and mortality in chronic kidney disease. Arch Intern Med 2008
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Obesity Paradox and Mortality-Predictability of Surrogates of Body Size and Muscle Mass in Hemodialysis Patients . Mayo Clinic Proc 2010
