Dr. William Ellsworth Yarger M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
508 Fulton St Room C8017 Durham Va Durham NC, 27705About
Dr. William Yarger is a nephrologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Yarger specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Yarger 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- Lanthanum permeability of tight junctions along the collecting duct of the rat.
- The pathogenesis of post-obstructive diuresis. The role of circulating natriuretic and diuretic factors, including urea.
- Intrarenal mechanisms of salt retention after bile duct ligation in rats.
- Captopril enhances aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity in potassium-depleted rats.
- Abnormal urine color: differential diagnosis.
- Thromboxane synthetase inhibition improves function of hydronephrotic rat kidneys.
- Renal function after release of unilateral ureteral obstruction in rats.
- Intrarenal hemodynamics following chronic unilateral ureteral obstruction in the dog.
- Lanthanum permeability of the tight junction (zonula occludens) in the renal tubule of the rat.
- A micropuncture study of postobstructive diuresis in the rat.
- A microperfusion study of sucrose movement across the rat proximal tubule during renal vein constriction.
- Preliminary evaluation of a proposed new physical readiness test. Vol. XVII, No. 13.
- Body armor in a hot humid environment. Part I. Studies in unacclimatized men. MF12.524.007-8008.1.
- Body armor in a hot humid environment. II. Studies in heat acclimatized men. MF12.524.007-8008.2.
- Reduction of renal blood flow and proximal bicarbonate reabsorption in rats by gentamicin.
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