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Allen R. Nissenson is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with specific contributions in Genetics, Surgery, Oncology, Economics and Econometrics, and Nephrology.

The scientist's recent publications include two papers: "Extracorporeal mesenchymal stromal cell therapy (SBI-101) in severe COVID-19 complicated by acute kidney injury," published in 2021 in Cytotherapy, and "Association Between Antimicrobial Barrier Cap Use and Outcomes Among Hemodialysis Patients Using a Central Venous Catheter," published in 2020 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Nissenson's work touches on multiple interconnected topics, among them:

  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis

Frequent co-authors with whom Nissenson has collaborated include:

  • Rajnish Mehrotra
  • Steven M. Brunelli
  • Richard Ν. Fine
  • Joshua J. Zaritsky
  • J. Teixiera

Publication venues featuring Nissenson's work include:

  • Cytotherapy
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Best Publications

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: Evaluation, classification, and stratification

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Kline Bolton;Bruce Culleton

  • The effects of normal as compared with low hematocrit values in patients with cardiac disease who are receiving hemodialysis and epoetin.

    A Besarab;W K Bolton;J K Browne;J C Egrie

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for bone metabolism and disease in chronic kidney disease

    Shaul G. Massry;Jack W. Coburn;Glenn M. Chertow;Keith Hruska

  • K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Andrew S. Levey;Michael V. Rocco;Sharon Anderson;Sharon P. Andreoli

  • Nutritional assessment of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients : an international study

    Gerald A. Young;Joel D. Kopple;Bengt Lindholm;Edward F. Vonesh

  • Prevalence, treatment, and control of hypertension in chronic hemodialysis patients in the United States.

    Rajiv Agarwal;Allen R Nissenson;Daniel Batlle;Daniel W Coyne

  • Understanding Sources of Dietary Phosphorus in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Lisa Gutekunst;Rajnish Mehrotra;Csaba P. Kovesdy

  • Pure red-cell aplasia and epoetin therapy

    Charles L. Bennett;Stefano Luminari;Allen R. Nissenson;Martin S. Tallman

  • Hepcidin—A Potential Novel Biomarker for Iron Status in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Joshua Zaritsky;Brian Y Young;He Jing Wang;Mark Westerman

  • Effect of malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome on EPO hyporesponsiveness in maintenance hemodialysis patients.

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Charles J McAllister;Robert S Lehn;Grace H Lee

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Kline Bolton;Bruce Culleton

  • The Obesity Paradox and Mortality Associated With Surrogates of Body Size and Muscle Mass in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Elani Streja;Elani Streja;Csaba P. Kovesdy;Antigone Oreopoulos

  • Patient education and access of ESRD patients to renal replacement therapies beyond in-center hemodialysis.

    Rajnish Mehrotra;Douglas Marsh;Edward Vonesh;Vickie Peters

  • Normalizing hematocrit in dialysis patients improves brain function.

    Janiece L. Pickett;David C. Theberge;Warren S. Brown;Suzanne U. Schweitzer

  • rHuEPO treatment improves brain and cognitive function of anemic dialysis patients

    James T. Marsh;James T. Marsh;Warren S. Brown;Warren S. Brown;Deane Wolcott;Deane Wolcott;Clifford R. Carr;Clifford R. Carr

  • MID-ARM MUSCLE CIRCUMFERENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND SURVIVAL IN MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

    Nazanin Noori;Joel D. Kopple;Csaba P. Kovesdy;Usama Feroze

  • The effects of recombinant human erythropoietin on functional health and well-being in chronic dialysis patients.

    Kathleen M. Beusterien;Allen R. Nissenson;Friedrich K. Port;Mary Kelly

  • Anemia: not just an innocent bystander?

    Allen R. Nissenson;Lawrence T. Goodnough;Robert W. Dubois

  • Randomized, controlled trial of darbepoetin alfa for the treatment of anemia in hemodialysis patients.

    Allen R. Nissenson;Suzanne K. Swan;Jill S. Lindberg;Steven D. Soroka

  • Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Disparities in CKD in the United States

    Keith Norris;Allen R. Nissenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh University of California, Irvine
Csaba P. Kovesdy
Csaba P. Kovesdy University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Keith C. Norris
Keith C. Norris University of California, Los Angeles
Rajnish Mehrotra
Rajnish Mehrotra University of Washington
Joel D. Kopple
Joel D. Kopple University of California, Los Angeles
Miklos Z. Molnar
Miklos Z. Molnar University of Utah
Onyebuchi A. Arah
Onyebuchi A. Arah University of California, Los Angeles
Claudio Ronco
Claudio Ronco University of Padua
Allan J. Collins
Allan J. Collins University of Minnesota
Warren S. Brown
Warren S. Brown Fuller Theological Seminary

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