Dr. Dennis W Nielson MD
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
400 Parnassus Ave 2nd Floor San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Nielson is a native Californian who moved to Utah for graduate and medical school, where he earned a medical degree and doctorate in physical chemistry at the University of Utah. He went on to complete ...
Education and Training
Univ of Ut Sch of Med, Salt Lake Cty Ut 1976
University of Utah School of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Pulmonology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Idiopathic congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: the next generation.
- Health values of adolescents with cystic fibrosis.
- Developmental changes in lung epithelial ion transport and liquid movement.
- Risk of sudden infant death from gastroesophageal reflux.
- CFTR involvement in nasal potential differences in mice and pigs studied using a thiazolidinone CFTR inhibitor.
- Submucosal gland dysfunction as a primary defect in cystic fibrosis.
- Proteomic analysis of sputum from adults and children with cystic fibrosis and from control subjects.
- Hyperacidity of secreted fluid from submucosal glands in early cystic fibrosis.
- Glycosylation of sputum mucins is altered in cystic fibrosis patients.
- Should inhaled beta-agonists or lung function testing be routine in prematurely
- Effects of amiloride on alveolar epithelial PD and fluid composition in rabbits.
- Normalization of sweat chloride concentration and clinical improvement with ivacaftor in a patient with cystic fibrosis with mutation S549N.
- In vivo and in vitro ivacaftor response in cystic fibrosis patients with residual CFTR function: N-of-1 studies.
- Effect of disodium cromoglycate on neutrophil movement and intracellular calcium mobilization.
- Calcium increases in pulmonary alveolar fluid in lambs at birth.
Treatments
- Asthma
- Birth Defects
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Cystic Fibrosis (cf)
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