Angelina Dixon
Tulane University
12 Papers
10 Citations
Angelina Dixon is an academic researcher from Tulane University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Nephrology & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 8 publications.
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Papers
A lack of KDIGO guidelines for adolescents and young adults with IgA nephropathy.
TL;DR: The KDIGO treatment guidelines for adults with IgAN are reviewed and the treatment evidence for children with IgAN is reviewed andrenin-angiotensin-aldosterone blockade (RASB) treatment is proposed, irrespective of blood pressure, for AYA with proteinuria >0.5 g/day.
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Mdm4 controls ureteric bud branching via regulation of p53 activity.
TL;DR: It is concluded that Mdm4 plays a unique and vital role in Ub branching morphogenesis and collecting system development and largely rescues kidney development and terminal differentiation of the collecting duct.
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A toxic ingestion with an elevated osmolal gap: Answers
TL;DR: This case outlines a new diagnosis of an oliguric AKI with an elevated osmolal gap secondary to toxic metformin ingestion, a biguanide that was introduced in the late 1950s as a treatment for diabetes and later withdrawn from clinical use in the 1970s.
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Severe Acute Kidney Injury With Significant Uremia in an Infant Found to Have Inferior Vena Cava, Bilateral Renal Vein, and Bilateral Renal Artery Thromboses.
TL;DR: A high index of suspicion is warranted when risk factors and any of the three cardinal features of renal vein thrombosis are present and prompt intervention significantly improves survival and renal outcomes.
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