Dr. Blanche Marie Chavers M.D.
Nephrologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Nephrology
University Of Minnesota Physicians 516 Delaware Street Minneapolis MN, 55455Rating
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About
Dr. Blanche Chavers is a pediatric nephrologist practicing in Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Chavers specializes in caring for children with chronic conditions such as hypertension, kidney disease, and chronic dialysis. Pediatric nephrologists have extensive knowledge on the dialysis and transplant processes, while simultaneously developing lasting relationships with the families of their young patients.
Education and Training
Univ of Wa Sch of Med, Seattle Wa 1975
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Nephrology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pretransplant dialysis status and outcome of renal transplantation in North American children: a NAPRTCS Study. North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study.
- Cardiovascular disease in pediatric chronic dialysis patients.
- Morbidity from congenital hepatic fibrosis after renal transplantation for autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.
- Hyperlipidemia in pediatric kidney transplant recipients treated with cyclosporine.
- 20 years or more of follow-up of living kidney donors.
- Prevalence of anemia in erythropoietin-treated pediatric as compared to adult chronic dialysis patients.
- Clinical practice guidelines for managing dyslipidemias in kidney transplant patients: a report from the Managing Dyslipidemias in Chronic Kidney Disease Work Group of the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative.
- The spectrum of cardiovascular disease in children with predialysis chronic kidney disease.
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension immediately after kidney transplantation in a pediatric recipient.
- Urolithiasis after kidney transplantation in pediatric recipients: a single center report.
- Thymoglobulin versus ATGAM induction therapy in pediatric kidney transplant recipients: a single-center report.
- The early natural history of nephropathy in Type 1 Diabetes: III. Predictors of 5-year urinary albumin excretion rate patterns in initially normoalbuminuric patients.
- Cat-scratch disease relapse in a kidney transplant recipient.
- Infection-related hospitalization rates in pediatric versus adult patients with end-stage renal disease in the United States.
- Increased urologic complications in children after kidney transplants for obstructive and reflux uropathy.
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