Dr. Errol D. Crook MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
2451 Fillingim St Mastin Bldg. Mobile AL, 36617Rating
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Dr. Errol Crook is a nephrologist practicing in Mobile, AL. Dr. Crook specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Crook 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of hypertension, obesity, and diabetes in causing renal vascular disease.
- Rapid respiratory deterioration and sudden death due to disseminated cryptococcosis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Insulin stimulation of glutamine: fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase occurs via an insulin-like growth factor-1 pathway in rat fibroblasts.
- Transcriptional regulation of transforming growth factor beta1 by glucose: investigation into the role of the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway.
- Overexpression of glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase in rat-1 fibroblasts enhances glucose-mediated glycogen accumulation via suppression of glycogen phosphorylase activity.
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in African Americans: effects of steroids and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors.
- The effects of glucose and the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway on glycogen synthase kinase-3 and other protein kinases that regulate glycogen synthase activity.
- Hexosamine regulation of glucose-mediated laminin synthesis in mesangial cells involves protein kinases A and C.
- Regulation of glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase activity by high glucose and transforming growth factor beta in rat mesangial cells.
- Overexpression of glutamine: fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase in the liver of transgenic mice results in enhanced glycogen storage, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and impaired glucose tolerance.
- Dignity or denial? Decisions regarding initiation of dialysis and medical therapy in the institutionalized severely mentally retarded.
- Glucose-induced insulin resistance of phosphatidylinositol 3'-OH kinase and AKT/PKB is mediated by the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway.
- Diabetic nephropathy in African Americans.
- Renal scars masquerading as complex masses in a patient with vesicoureteral reflux nephropathy.
- Is there hope for preventing or slowing the progression of chronic renal disease? More support for the role of growth factors.
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