
Dr. Francis B Gabbai M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
200 West Arbor Dr Ucsd Medical Center San Diego CA, 92103About
Dr. Francis Gabbai is a nephrologist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Gabbai specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Gabbai most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Education and Training
Univ Nacl Auto De Mexico, Fac De Med, Mexico Df, Mexico 1977
Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico,Ciudad Universitaria, Facultad De Medicina 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Role of nitric oxide in renal hemodynamics.
- Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor contributes to reduced glomerular filtration rate during glomerulonephritis in rats.
- Agmatine inhibits cell proliferation and improves renal function in anti-thy-1 glomerulonephritis.
- Early alteration in glomerular reserve in humans at genetic risk of essential hypertension: mechanisms and consequences.
- Effects of nitric oxide synthase blockers on renal function.
- A randomized clinical trial of continuous versus intermittent dialysis for acute renal failure.
- Effect of combining an ACE inhibitor and an angiotensin II receptor blocker on plasma and kidney tissue angiotensin II levels.
- Mechanisms of glomerular immune injury: effects of antioxidant treatment.
- Interaction between alpha 2-adrenergic and angiotensin II systems in the control of glomerular hemodynamics as assessed by renal micropuncture in the rat.
- Inflammatory mediators in glomerular injury.
- Early diabetes as a model for testing the regulation of juxtaglomerular NOS I.
- Evaluation of renal functional reserve of contralateral kidney of two-kidney, one clip Goldblatt hypertensive rats.
- Renal functional reserve in the early stage of experimental diabetes.
- Nitric oxide and angiotensin II. Glomerular and tubular interaction in the rat.
- Angiotensin II and renal functional reserve in rats with Goldblatt hypertension.
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