Dr. David W. Knutson M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
100 Brown St Chester River Health Chestertown MD, 21620About
Dr. David Knutson is a nephrologist practicing in Chestertown, MD. Dr. Knutson specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Knutson 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
University of Minnesota Medical School 1967
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Coral chronometers: seasonal growth bands in reef corals.
- Calcium transients during Fc receptor-mediated and nonspecific phagocytosis by murine peritoneal macrophages.
- Binding and catabolism of aggregated immunoglobulins containing C3b by U937 cells.
- Characterization and measurement of anti-IgG antibodies in human sera by radioimmunoassay (RIA).
- Characterization and measurement of anti-IgG antibodies in human sera by radioimmunoassay (RIA).
- Specific identification of urinary fibrinogen, fibrinogen degradation products, and cross-linked fibrin degradation products in renal diseases and after renal allotransplantation.
- Poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis: fact and controversy.
- Poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis: fact and controversy.
- Multiple sclerosis. Cerebrospinal fluid immune complexes that bind C1q.
- Increased survival time of renal allograft recipients.
- Multiple sclerosis: free light chains in cerebrospinal fluid.
- Blood clearance and tissue localization of soluble aggregates of IgG in NZB/W and NZB mice.
- Isolation of stable aggregates of IgG by zonal ultracentrifugation in sucrose
- The kinetics for binding and catabolism of aggregated IgG by rat peritoneal macrophages.
- The kinetics for binding and catabolism of aggregated IgG by rat peritoneal macrophages.
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