
Dr. Arnold M Chonko M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
3901 Rainbow Blvd Dept Of Internal Med Kansas City KS, 66160About
Dr. Arnold Chonko is a nephrologist practicing in Kansas City, KS. Dr. Chonko specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Chonko 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
Oh State Univ Coll of Med, Columbus Oh 1969
Ohio State University College of Medicine And Public Health,Columbus, Ohio, United States 1969
Ohio State University College of Medicine 1969
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Renin and the kidney.
- The measurement of nephron filtration rate and absolute reabsorption in the proximal tubule of the rabbit kidney.
- The role of disease duration and hypertension in albumin excretion of type I diabetes mellitus.
- Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on renal function and albuminuria in normotensive type I diabetic patients.
- Recognition of hypertension and abnormal blood pressure burden with ambulatory blood pressure recordings in type I diabetes mellitus.
- The effect of water loading on albumin excretion in type I diabetes mellitus.
- Prune belly syndrome and retroperitoneal germ cell tumor.
- Autopsy diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease in immunosuppressed patients. A paleodiagnosis using Giemsa stain (Wohlbach modification).
- Autopsy diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease in immunosuppressed patients. A paleodiagnosis using Giemsa stain (Wohlbach modification).
- Renal involvement in tuberous sclerosis.
- Evidence for an inhibitor of renal urate and PAH secretion in rabbit blood.
- Managing refractory hypertension: assessing the use of a new antihypertensive agent.
- Basis for heterogeneity of para-aminohippurate secretion in rabbit proximal tubules.
- Urate secretion in isolated rabbit renal tubules.
- Renal cancer complicating acquired cystic kidney disease.
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