Dr. Nicolas A Nelken MD
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
91-2139 Fort Weaver Road STE 100 Ewa Beach HI, 96706About
Dr. Nicolas Nelken is a vascular surgeon practicing in Honolulu, HI. Dr. Nelken specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Nelken diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1982
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Thrombin-induced events in non-platelet cells are mediated by the unique proteolytic mechanism established for the cloned platelet thrombin receptor.
- "Mirror image" antagonists of thrombin-induced platelet activation based on thrombin receptor structure.
- Thrombin receptor expression in normal and atherosclerotic human arteries.
- Surgical recanalization of occluded peripheral arteries.
- Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in human atheromatous plaques.
- JE gene expression in an animal model of acute arterial graft rejection.
- Molecular cloning, expression and potential functions of the human proteinase-activated receptor-2.
- Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 is sufficient for the chemotaxis of monocytes and lymphocytes in transgenic mice but requires an additional stimulus for inflammatory activation.
- Local expression of inflammatory cytokines in human atherosclerotic plaques.
- Long-term results of lower-extremity venous injuries.
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