Dr. V Matti Vehaskari MD
Nephrologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Nephrology
Children's Hospital - Nephrology 200 Henry Clay Avenu New Orleans LA, 70118About
Dr. V Vehaskari is a pediatric nephrologist practicing in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Vehaskari 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 Helsinki, Laaketieteellinen Tiedekunta, Helsinki, Finland 1970
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Aggressive treatment of severe idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
- Treatment practices of FSGS among North American pediatric nephrologists.
- Low birth weight-associated adult hypertension in the rat.
- Hodgkin lymphoma in a renal transplant recipient associated with low peripheral blood Epstein-Barr virus genome copies.
- Upregulation of renal BSC1 and TSC in prenatally programmed hypertension.
- False-positive human immunodeficiency virus antibody test in a dialysis patient.
- Inherited Na transport disorders: the taming of the syndromes.
- Kidney angiotensin and angiotensin receptor expression in prenatally programmed hypertension.
- Postnatal modulation of prenatally programmed hypertension by dietary Na and ACE inhibition.
- Prenatal programming of hypertension: lessons from experimental models.
- High incidence of initial and late steroid resistance in childhood nephrotic syndrome.
- Response of cortical collecting ducts from remnant kidneys to arginine vasopressin.
- Results of one-year follow-up of steroid-free immunosuppression in pediatric renal transplant patients.
- Kidney immune cell infiltration and oxidative stress contribute to prenatally programmed hypertension.
- Treatment of primary and secondary hypertension in children.
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