Dr. Katherine Westin Kwon M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
3800 Hollywood Rd Suite 104 Saint Joseph MI, 49085Rating
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Dr. Katherine Kwon is a nephrologist practicing in Saint Joseph, MI. Dr. Kwon specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Kwon 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
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 2001
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inflammatory pseudotumor of urinary bladder.
- Total occlusion of left main coronary artery by dilated main pulmonary artery in a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension.
- Oligo-2',5'-adenylate synthetase activity in cells persistently infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I).
- Cytokeratin-positive interstitial reticulum cell sarcoma: a case report with cytological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural findings.
- Improved light extraction efficiency of InGaN-based multi-quantum well light emitting diodes by using a single die growth.
- Evaluation of the human T-cell leukemia virus type I seropositivity of blood donors by the particle agglutination inhibition test.
- [Epidemiological studies of adult T-cell leukemia virus in patients with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and ATL-related diseases in Hokkaido District of Japan].
- [Prevalence of antibody to adult T-cell leukemia virus in Hokkaido District].
- Preparation of virus-free pyridoxylated hemoglobin from the blood of HBV or HTLV-I healthy carriers.
- Human cytomegalovirus DNA is not detectable with nested double polymerase chain reaction in healthy blood donors.
- Prevalence of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-I) in general inhabitants in non-adult T-cell leukemia (ATL)-endemic Hokkaido, Japan.
- [Epstein-Barr virus-specific immunity in asymptomatic carriers of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1].
- A human monoclonal antibody to high-frequency red cell antigen Jra.
- Growth-blocking peptide titer during larval development of parasitized and cold-stressed armyworm.
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