Dr. Peter Joseph Lavin M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
Duke University Medical Ctr Box 3014 Durham NC, 27710About
Dr. Peter Lavin is a nephrologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Lavin specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Lavin most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Therapeutic targets in focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis.
- Exclusion of homozygous PLCE1 (NPHS3) mutations in 69 families with idiopathic and hereditary FSGS.
- TRPC6 enhances angiotensin II-induced albuminuria.
- TORCing up the importance of calcium signaling.
- Inverted formin 2 mutations with variable expression in patients with sporadic and hereditary focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis.
- A hybrid CFHR3-1 gene causes familial C3 glomerulopathy.
- Prevention of sudden cardiac death in hemodialysis patients.
- Unusual cause of loin pain.
- Kidney transplant outcomes in familial C3 glomerulopathy.
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