Dr. Richard Alan Lafayette M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
Stanford Hospital Clinics 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford CA, 94305Rating
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Dr. Richard Lafayette is a nephrologist practicing in Stanford, CA. Dr. Lafayette specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Lafayette 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The dynamics of glomerular filtration after Caesarean section.
- How does knocking out angiotensin II activity reduce renal injury in mice?
- Podocytopenia and disease severity in IgA nephropathy.
- The dynamics of glomerular filtration in the puerperium.
- Examining chronic kidney disease management in a single center.
- Renal tubular injury associated with anagrelide use.
- Associations of serologic markers of infection and inflammation with vascular disease events and mortality in American dialysis patients.
- Effect of L-arginine therapy on the glomerular injury of preeclampsia: a randomized controlled trial.
- Prediction of early progression in recently diagnosed IgA nephropathy.
- Course of preeclamptic glomerular injury after delivery.
- Imatinib in the treatment of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
- Hemoglobinuria and acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis following intravenous immunoglobulin infusion.
- Serum relaxin levels and kidney function in late pregnancy with or without preeclampsia.
- Profiling of autoantibodies in IgA nephropathy, an integrative antibiomics approach.
- More than a frog in the throat: a case series and review of localized laryngeal amyloidosis.
Publications
- CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSIONRel function in normal and disordered pregncy2014
- HEART RHYTHMImplantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement in patients with cardiac amyloidosis2014
- CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGYTreatment of Idiopathic FSGS with Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Gel2013
- HaematologicaLelidomide, melphalan and dexamethasone in a population of patients with immunoglobulin light chain2013
- NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATIONRed blood cell transfusion use in patients with chronic kidney disease2013
- ADVANCES IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASERel Physiology of Pregncy2013
- BRITISH JOURL OF HAEMATOLOGYThe prognostic value of diagnosing concurrent multiple myeloma2013
- ARCHIVES OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERYMore Than a Frog in the Throat A Case Series and Review of Localized Laryngeal Amyloidosis2012
- JOURL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATIONHeart transplantation and cardiac amyloidosis: Approach to screening and novel magement strategies2012
- CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGYProfiling of Autoantibodies in IgA Nephropathy, an Integrative Antibiomics Approach2011
- CLINICAL NEPHROLOGYSerum relaxin levels and kidney function in late pregncy with or without preeclampsia2011
- AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASESHemoglobinuria and Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Hemodialysis Following Intravenous Immunoglobulin2010
- NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATIONProtocol adherence and the ability to achieve target haemoglobin levels in haemodialysis patients2009
- AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASESImatinib in the Treatment of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis2009
- NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATIONFacility factors domite the ability to achieve target haemoglobin levels in haemodialysis patients2008
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYCourse of preeclamptic glomerular injury after delivery2008
- NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATIONPrediction of early progression in recently diagnosed IgA nephropathy2008
- CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGYPathophysiology of the clinical manifestations of preeclampsia2007
- Obstetrics and gynecologyEffect of L-arginine therapy on the glomerular injury of preeclampsia2006
- Clinical and experimental nephrologyAssociations of serologic markers of infection and inflammation with vascular disease events2006
- NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATIONRel tubular injury associated with agrelide2005
- KIDNEY INTERTIOLThe kidney in preeclampsia2005
- CLINICAL NEPHROLOGYExamining chronic kidney disease magement in a single center2004
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYThe dymics of glomerular filtration in the puerperium2004
- KIDNEY INTERTIOLPodocytopenia and disease severity in IgA nephropathy2002
- AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASESHow does knocking out angiotensin II activity reduce rel injury in mice? Discussion2000
- JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGYThe dymics of glomerular filtration after caesarean section1999
- KIDNEY INTERTIOLture of glomerular dysfunction in pre-eclampsia1998
- JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGYPredictors of mortality and the provision of dialysis in patients with acute tubular necrosis1998
- AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASESRel artery stenosis in kidney transplants1998
- CLINICAL NEPHROLOGYPretransplant rel dysfunction predicts poorer outcome in liver transplantation1997
- Allgren, R. L., Marbury, T. C., Rahman, S. N., Weisberg, L. S., FenvesAritide in acute tubular necrosis1997
- AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASESProfound hypophosphatemia and isolated hyperphosphaturia in two cases of multiple myeloma1997
- AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASESAcute rel failure due to postinfectious glomerulonephritis during pregncy1997
- AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIANPREVENTING DISEASE PROGRESSION IN CHRONIC-REL-FAILURE1995
- AMERICAN JOURL OF MEDICINEINCREASED SERUM CREATININE IN THE ABSENCE OF REL-FAILURE IN PROFOUND HYPOTHYROIDISM1994
- JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGYTHE EFFECTS OF BLOOD-PRESSURE REDUCTION ON CYCLOSPORINE NEPHROTOXICITY IN THE RAT1993
- KIDNEY INTERTIOLEFFECTS OF ANGIOTENSIN-II RECEPTOR BLOCKADE ON REMNT GLOMERULAR PERMSELECTIVITY1993
- JOURL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONANGIOTENSIN-II RECEPTOR BLOCKADE LIMITS GLOMERULAR INJURY IN RATS WITH REDUCED REL MASS1992
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