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Direct Drug Delivery to Kidney via the Renal Artery
Published on: April 17, 2021
Lipids and Renal Disease
Anita Shah1, Juan Jose Olivero2
1BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Abstract:
The column in this issue is supplied by Anita Shah, M.D., and Juan Jose Olivero, M.D. Dr. Shah is a first-year nephrology fellow at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She earned her medical degree from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and completed an internal medicine residency at Houston Methodist Hospital. Dr. Olivero is a nephrologist at Houston Methodist Hospital and a member of the hospital's Nephrology Training Program. He obtained his medical degree from the University of San Carlos School of Medicine in Guatemala, Central America, and completed his residency and nephrology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
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