Umair Syed Ahmed M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
3525 LAKELAND HILLS BLVD LAKELAND FL, 33805About
Dr. Umair Ahmed is a nephrologist practicing in LAKELAND, FL. Dr. Ahmed specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Ahmed 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- Brain abscess in children.
- Cardiac disease in beta-thalassaemia major: Is it reversible?
- Barriers in initiating insulin therapy in a South Asian Muslim community.
- Precipitating factors and the outcome of hepatic encephalopathy in liver cirrhosis.
- Frequency and characteristic features of portal hypertensive gastropathy in patients with viral cirrhosis.
- Virological and clinical characteristics of hepatitis delta virus in South Asia.
- Taurine abated subacute dichlorvos toxicity.
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