Mr. Walter Gabriel Wasser MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
211 West 61st St New York NY, 10023About
Dr. Walter Wasser is a nephrologist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Wasser specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Wasser 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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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- African ancestry allelic variation at the MYH9 gene contributes to increased susceptibility to non-diabetic end-stage kidney disease in Hispanic Americans.
- Missense mutations in the APOL1 gene are highly associated with end stage kidney disease risk previously attributed to the MYH9 gene.
- Admixture mapping of end stage kidney disease genetic susceptibility using estimated mutual information ancestry informative markers.
- The population genetics of chronic kidney disease: insights from the MYH9-APOL1 locus.
- Absence of APOL1 risk variants protects against HIV-associated nephropathy in the Ethiopian population.
- APOL1 allelic variants are associated with lower age of dialysis initiation and thereby increased dialysis vintage in African and Hispanic Americans with non-diabetic end-stage kidney disease.
- Population genetics of chronic kidney disease: the evolving story of APOL1.
- Linkage disequilibrium analysis reveals an albuminuria risk haplotype containing three missense mutations in the cubilin gene with striking differences among European and African ancestry populations.
- Hypertension-misattributed kidney disease in African Americans.
- High population frequencies of APOL1 risk variants are associated with increased prevalence of non-diabetic chronic kidney disease in the Igbo people from south-eastern Nigeria.
- APOL1 nephropathy: from gene to mechanisms of kidney injury.
- Hemostatic Factors, APOL1, and ESRD Risk: Another Piece of the Puzzle?
- The Envy of Scholars: Applying the Lessons of the Framingham Heart Study to the Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease.
- Endobronchial Enigma: A Clinically Rare Presentation of Nocardia beijingensis in an Immunocompetent Patient.
- Lobar distribution in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis predicts bacteriologic pathogen treatment.
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