Allan I Jacob MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
19559 Ne 10th Ave Miami FL, 33179About
Dr. Allan Jacob is a nephrologist practicing in Miami, FL. Dr. Jacob specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Jacob 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cost-effective method for growing three-dimensional cell cultures in extracellular matrix extract.
- Defective photoproduction of cholecalciferol in normal and uremic humans.
- Calcemic and phosphaturic response to parathyroid hormone in normal and chronically uremic dogs.
- Effects of cimetidine on parathyroid hormone in chronic uremia.
- Leukopenia, hypoxia, and complement function with different hemodialysis membranes.
- The spectrum of pulmonary edema: differentiation of cardiogenic, intermediate, and noncardiogenic forms of pulmonary edema.
- Reduction by cimetidine of serum parathyroid hormone levels in uremic patients.
- Cimetidine therapy for severe hypercalcemia in two chronic hemodialysis patients.
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