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Pieter Evenepoel

Pieter Evenepoel

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26302
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Overview

Pieter Evenepoel is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a significant body of research in the field of medicine, focusing particularly on nephrology. Their scholarly contributions cover intersecting topics such as bone health, osteoporosis, and chronic kidney disease.

Their recent publications include:

  • European Consensus Statement on the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in chronic kidney disease stages G4-G5D, 2020, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Food as medicine: targeting the uraemic phenotype in chronic kidney disease, 2020, Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • Data Sharing Under the General Data Protection Regulation, 2021, Hypertension
  • Matrix Gla protein is an independent predictor of both intimal and medial vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Differentiating the causes of adynamic bone in advanced chronic kidney disease informs osteoporosis treatment, 2021, Kidney International

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Hanne Skou Jørgensen
  • Étienne Cavalier
  • Tilman B. Drüeke
  • Olivier Devuyst
  • Patrick C. D'Haese

They have published extensively in key nephrology-related venues, including:

  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Kidney International
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Clinical Kidney Journal
  • Toxins

Their research falls primarily within the field of medicine, with a specialization in nephrology. Additional subfields of study include orthopedics and sports medicine, oncology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Bone and Joint Diseases
  • Diet and metabolism studies

Best Publications

  • Cinacalcet for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis

    Geoffrey A Block;Kevin J Martin;Angel L M de Francisco;Stewart A Turner

  • Executive summary of the 2017 KDIGO Chronic Kidney Disease–Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD) Guideline Update: what’s changed and why it matters

    Markus Ketteler;Geoffrey A. Block;Pieter Evenepoel;Masafumi Fukagawa

  • Free serum concentrations of the protein-bound retention solute p-cresol predict mortality in hemodialysis patients

    Bert Bammens;Pieter Evenepoel;H Keuleers;Kristin Verbeke

  • Uremic toxins originating from colonic microbial metabolism

    Pieter Evenepoel;Bjorn K.I. Meijers;Bert R.M. Bammens;Kristin Verbeke

  • Free p-cresol is associated with cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis patients

    B.K.I. Meijers;B. Bammens;B. De Moor;K. Verbeke

  • Natural history of parathyroid function and calcium metabolism after kidney transplantation: a single-centre study

    Pieter Evenepoel;Kathleen Claes;Dirk Kuypers;Bart Maes

  • p-Cresol and Cardiovascular Risk in Mild-to-Moderate Kidney Disease

    Björn K.I. Meijers;Kathleen Claes;Bert Bammens;Henriette de Loor

  • p -Cresyl sulfate serum concentrations in haemodialysis patients are reduced by the prebiotic oligofructose-enriched inulin

    Björn K. I. Meijers;Vicky De Preter;Kristin Verbeke;Yves Vanrenterghem

  • Role of the Gut Microbiome in Uremia: A Potential Therapeutic Target

    Ali Ramezani;Ziad A. Massy;Björn Meijers;Pieter Evenepoel

  • Effect of the molecular adsorbent recirculating system and Prometheus devices on systemic haemodynamics and vasoactive agents in patients with acute-on-chronic alcoholic liver failure

    Wim Laleman;Alexander Wilmer;Pieter Evenepoel;Ingrid Vander Elst

  • The gut-kidney axis: indoxyl sulfate, p-cresyl sulfate and CKD progression

    Björn K.I. Meijers;Pieter Evenepoel

  • Mycophenolate mofetil in IgA nephropathy: results of a 3-year prospective placebo-controlled randomized study.

    Bart D. Maes;Raymond Oyen;Kathleen Claes;Pieter Evenepoel

  • Diagnosis, Evaluation, Prevention, and Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease–Mineral and Bone Disorder: Synopsis of the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline Update

    Markus Ketteler;Geoffrey A. Block;Pieter Evenepoel;Masafumi Fukagawa

  • Influence of dietary protein supplements on the formation of bacterial metabolites in the colon.

    Benny Geypens;D Claus;Pieter Evenepoel;Martin Hiele

  • The gut-kidney axis.

    Pieter Evenepoel;Ruben Poesen;Björn Meijers

  • The uremic retention solute p-cresyl sulfate and markers of endothelial damage.

    Björn K.I. Meijers;Soetkin Van kerckhoven;Kristin Verbeke;Wim Dehaen

  • Removal of middle molecules and protein-bound solutes by peritoneal dialysis and relation with uremic symptoms.

    Bert Bammens;Pieter Evenepoel;Kristin Verbeke;Yves Vanrenterghem

  • Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis for measurement of p-cresol and its conjugated metabolites in uremic and normal serum.

    Henriette de Loor;Bert Bammens;Pieter Evenepoel;Vicky De Preter

  • Clinical Efficacy and Toxicity Profile of Tacrolimus and Mycophenolic Acid in Relation to Combined Long-term Pharmacokinetics in de Novo Renal Allograft Recipients

    Dirk R. J. Kuypers;Kathleen Claes;Pieter Evenepoel;Bart Maes

  • Oxidative Stress in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Alexandra Scholze;Joachim Jankowski;José Pedraza-Chaverri;Pieter Evenepoel

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Kuypers
Dirk Kuypers KU Leuven
Kathleen Claes
Kathleen Claes Ghent University Hospital
Peter Stenvinkel
Peter Stenvinkel Karolinska Institute

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