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Blanche M. Chavers

Researcher at University of Minnesota

Publications -  153
Citations -  10084

Blanche M. Chavers is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transplantation & Kidney transplantation. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 149 publications receiving 9547 citations. Previous affiliations of Blanche M. Chavers include Albany Medical College & Boston Children's Hospital.

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20 years or more of follow-up of living kidney donors.

TL;DR: It is concluded that perioperative mortality in the USA and Canada after living-donor nephrectomy is low and in long-term follow-up of living donors, there is no evidence of progressive renal deterioration or other serious disorders.
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Mesangial Expansion as a Central Mechanism for Loss of Kidney Function in Diabetic Patients

TL;DR: Work in animals has supported the concept that the metabolic disturbances of diabetes mellitus cause diabetic nephropathy, with structural and functional lesions prevented or reversed with improved or normalized glycemie control, but additional research must address this fundamental issue in humans.