Dr. Dean A. Kujubu MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
4733 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles CA, 90027Rating
5/5
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Dr. Dean Kujubu is a nephrologist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Kujubu specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Kujubu 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.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, Los Angeles, Ucla Sch of Med, Los Angeles Ca 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effects of prostaglandin E2, parathyroid hormone, and epidermal growth factor on mitogenesis, signaling, and primary response genes in UMR 106-01 osteoblast-like cells.
- Dexamethasone inhibits mitogen induction of the TIS10 prostaglandin synthase/cyclooxygenase gene.
- Structure and expression of TIS21, a primary response gene induced by growth factors and tumor promoters.
- Spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage due to acquired cystic kidney disease.
- Association of race, heart failure and chronic kidney disease.
- Hyponatremia in a patient with cryptococcal meningitis: syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) or cerebral salt wasting (CSW)?
- Hyponatremia-what is cerebral salt wasting?
- Systemic mastocytosis presenting with acute oliguric renal failure: report of a case and review of the literature.
- Beer Potomania--An Unusual Cause of Hyponatremia.
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in a Patient with Ambiguous Genitalia: A Diagnostic Dilemma.
- The tis genes, primary response genes induced by growth factors and tumor promoters in 3T3 cells.
- Transforming growth factor beta 1 augments mitogen-induced prostaglandin synthesis and expression of the TIS10/prostaglandin synthase 2 gene both in Swiss 3T3 cells and in murine embryo fibroblasts.
- Early responses of PC-12 cells to NGF and EGF: effect of K252a and 5'-methylthioadenosine on gene expression and membrane protein methylation.
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