The Department of Nephrology
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Patient-oriented research in the Division is conducted in a collaborative arrangement with the established Nephrology Clinical Research Center in the Department of Internal Medicine. Studies are coordinated by a dedicated pediatric nurse coordinator and currently include evaluation of the safety and efficacy of antihypertensive medications in children and adolescents, new pharmaceutical options for the treatment of growth failure and anemia in renal failure, the risk factors for aggressive nephrotic syndrome, prednisone pharmacokinetics in nephrotic syndrome, and athletic risks of single kidneys. The Division also participates actively in the multicenter North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS), a consortium of institutions evaluating the issues of chronic renal failure and renal transplantation in children. Research Programs: Center of Excellence in Pediatric Nephrology NIH O’Brien Center for Nephrology and Urology NIH Child Health Research Center (CHRC) Center for Organogenesis, Growth and Development
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