Dr. James B Wetmore M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
3901 Rainbow Blvd Dept Of Internal Med Kansas City KS, 66160About
Dr. James Wetmore is a nephrologist practicing in Kansas City, KS. Dr. Wetmore specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Wetmore 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
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of repeated maternal separations on the adrenocortical response to stress of preweanling rats.
- Effects of short-term alendronate on bone mineral density in haemodialysis patients.
- The ABCs of cardioprotection in dialysis patients: a systematic review.
- Discrepancies between creatinine- and cystatin C-based equations: implications for identification of chronic kidney disease in the general population.
- Review: insufficient evidence exists on the benefit of vitamin D in patients with chronic kidney disease not requiring dialysis.
- Does it matter how parathyroid hormone levels are suppressed in secondary hyperparathyroidism?
- The link between estrogen and fibroblast growth factor 23.
- Ethnic differences in 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and response to treatment in CKD.
- A CD3+ count-based thymoglobulin induction regimen permits delayed introduction of calcineurin inhibitors in kidney transplantation.
- The medicinal use of water in renal disease.
- Painless myocardial ischemia is associated with mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease.
- Bosentan for the treatment of a clinical syndrome closely resembling calcific uremic arteriolopathy: a case report.
- Association between higher rates of cardioprotective drug use and survival in patients on dialysis.
- Effect of Cinacalcet and Vitamin D Analogs on Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 during the Treatment of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism.
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