Dr. Yeong-hau H Lien MD, PH.D
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
4511 N Campbell Ave #100 Akdhc Tucson AZ, 85714About
Dr. Yeong-hau Lien is a nephrologist practicing in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Lien specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Lien 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.
Education and Training
National Taiwan University College of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Iatrogenic hyperadrenocorticism in 28 dogs.
- Antithymocyte globulin-induced acute renal failure.
- Long-term cyclophosphamide treatment for recurrent type I membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis after transplantation.
- Entering the gene therapy era.
- Reabsorption of betaine in Henle's loops of rat kidney in vivo.
- Estrogen action and male fertility: roles of the sodium/hydrogen exchanger-3 and fluid reabsorption in reproductive tract function.
- Therapeutic application of chimeric RNA/DNA oligonucleotide based gene therapy.
- Chimeric RNA/DNA oligonucleotide-based gene therapy.
- Cytoprotective effects of calbindin-D(28k) against antimycin-A induced hypoxic injury in proximal tubular cells.
- Biochemical and molecular genetic basis of Fabry disease.
- Gene therapy for renal disorders: what are the benefits for the elderly?
- Cyclosporine A-induced hypercalciuria in calbindin-D28k knockout and wild-type mice.
- Renal gene transfer: nonviral approaches.
- Glucose and glucose analogs modulate collagen metabolism.
- Multicentric papillary renal carcinoma in renal allograft.
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