K A Kirk

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1 Racial differences in the incidence of treatment for end-stage renal disease. N Engl J Med 1982 4.48
2 Renal insufficiency in treated essential hypertension. N Engl J Med 1989 2.17
3 Accuracy of the diagnosis of hypertensive nephrosclerosis in African Americans: a report from the African American Study of Kidney Disease (AASK) Trial. AASK Pilot Study Investigators. Kidney Int 1997 2.11
4 Enzyme patterns in single human muscle fibers. J Biol Chem 1978 1.59
5 Increasing the fruit and vegetable consumption of fourth-graders: results from the high 5 project. Prev Med 2000 1.47
6 Design and baseline characteristics of participants in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Pilot Study. Control Clin Trials 1996 1.42
7 Kidney disease in the first-degree relatives of African-Americans with hypertensive end-stage renal disease. Am J Kidney Dis 1996 1.24
8 Creatinine clearance as a measure of GFR in screenees for the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension pilot study. Am J Kidney Dis 1998 1.21
9 Spectrum of glomerular and tubulointerstitial renal lesions associated with monotypical immunoglobulin light chain deposition. Lab Invest 1991 1.19
10 Myocardial calcification and cardiac dysfunction in chronic renal failure. Am J Med 1988 1.13
11 Evaluation of serum creatinine for estimating glomerular filtration rate in African Americans with hypertensive nephrosclerosis: results from the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Pilot Study. J Am Soc Nephrol 1997 1.07
12 Bence Jones proteins bind to a common peptide segment of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein to promote heterotypic aggregation. J Clin Invest 1993 1.07
13 Ischemic heart disease in patients with uremia undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Kidney Int 1979 1.06
14 Hypertensive nephrosclerosis in the Dahl/Rapp rat. Initial sites of injury and effect of dietary L-arginine supplementation. Lab Invest 1993 1.05
15 NMR measurements of Na+ and cellular energy in ischemic rat heart: role of Na(+)-H+ exchange. Am J Physiol 1993 1.03
16 Dialysis-associated ischemic heart disease: insights from coronary angiography. Kidney Int 1984 1.00
17 Clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with high defibrillation thresholds. A multicenter study. Circulation 1992 0.99
18 Effect of state workplace safety laws on occupational injury rates. J Occup Environ Med 2001 0.98
19 Population genetic analyses of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus using HLA allele frequencies. Clin Genet 1983 0.98
20 Physiologic levels of uric acid inhibit xanthine oxidase in human plasma. Pediatr Res 1993 0.97
21 Comparative effectiveness of five analgesics for the pain of rheumatoid synovitis. J Rheumatol 1980 0.95
22 Risk factors for hearing loss from meningitis in children: the Children's Hospital experience. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999 0.93
23 Effect of hydrolyzed guar fiber on fasting and postprandial satiety and satiety hormones: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial during controlled weight loss. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1998 0.93
24 Comparison of various methods for rapid glucose estimation. Diabetes Care 1982 0.93
25 Epstein-Barr virus transformation of B lymphocytes from IgA nephropathy patients and first-degree relatives results in increased immunoglobulin synthesis not restricted to IgA. Am J Kidney Dis 1991 0.91
26 Association of leptin and hunger-satiety ratings in obese women. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1998 0.90
27 Sympathetic function in spontaneously hypertensive rats after chronic administration of captopril. Am J Physiol 1987 0.89
28 Carnitine palmitoyltransferase in cardiac ischemia. A potential site for altered fatty acid metabolism. Circ Res 1991 0.87
29 Evidence for a central site of action to explain the negative chronotropic effect of atropine: studies on the human transplanted heart. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990 0.85
30 Recruitment experience in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Pilot Study. Control Clin Trials 1996 0.85
31 Expression of PAI-1, t-PA and u-PA in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells derived from racial groups. Thromb Res 1995 0.83
32 Changing patterns of end-stage renal disease due to hypertension. Am J Kidney Dis 1991 0.83
33 Renal autoregulation and pressure natriuresis during ANF-induced diuresis. Am J Physiol 1987 0.82
34 Relationship of coronary risk factors to hemodialysis-associated ischemic heart disease. Kidney Int 1982 0.82
35 Short-term effects of blood pressure control and antihypertensive drug regimen on glomerular filtration rate: the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension Pilot Study. Am J Kidney Dis 1997 0.81
36 HLA associations with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in a sample of the American Black population. Tissue Antigens 1981 0.81
37 Appointment attendance, pill counts, and achievement of goal blood pressure in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension Pilot Study. Control Clin Trials 1996 0.80
38 Binding of serum immunoglobulins to collagens in IgA nephropathy and HIV infection. Kidney Int 1992 0.80
39 Effect of dietary NaCl on chloride uptake in rat collecting duct segment. Am J Physiol 1986 0.79
40 An immunochemical comparison of human myelin basic protein and its modified, citrullinated form, C8. J Neuroimmunol 1992 0.79
41 Relationship of sodium balance to arterial pressure in black hypertensive patients. Am J Med Sci 1988 0.79
42 Xanthine oxidase inactivation attenuates postocclusion shock after descending thoracic aorta occlusion and reperfusion in rabbits. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995 0.78
43 Control of serum potassium during fasting in patients with end-stage renal disease. Kidney Int 1989 0.78
44 Results of coronary artery bypass grafting in end-stage renal disease. Am J Kidney Dis 1988 0.78
45 Maternal infusion of antioxidants (Trolox and ascorbic acid) protects the fetal heart in rabbit fetal hypoxia. Pediatr Res 1996 0.78
46 Long-term follow-up of a human subject with a remnant kidney. Am J Kidney Dis 1991 0.77
47 Evaluation of a risk scoring system as a predictor of preterm birth in an indigent population. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1990 0.77
48 Relationship between hunger-satiety feelings and various metabolic parameters in women with obesity during controlled weight loss. Obes Res 1998 0.77
49 Baroreflex function in lifetime-captopril-treated spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertension 1989 0.77
50 Halothane and xanthine oxidase increase hepatocellular enzyme release and circulating lactate after ischemia-reperfusion in rabbits. Anesthesiology 1997 0.77
51 The epidemiology of coronary artery disease in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: implications for management. Contrib Nephrol 1986 0.76
52 Interstudy reproducibility of biplane cine nuclear magnetic resonance measurements of left ventricular function. Am J Cardiol 1991 0.76
53 IgA-containing immune complexes after challenge with food antigens in patients with IgA nephropathy. Clin Exp Immunol 1992 0.76
54 Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors upon brain angiotensin II binding. J Hypertens 1992 0.76
55 Selective elevation of monomeric IgA1 in IgA nephropathy patients with normal renal function. Am J Kidney Dis 1991 0.75
56 Anion gap in turpentine-induced pleural effusions. Correlation with pH and protein level. Chest 1996 0.75
57 Pacing threshold increase in nonthoracotomy implantable defibrillator leads: implications for battery longevity and margin of safety. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 1997 0.75
58 Qualitative issues in developing educational diagnostic instruments and assessment procedures for diabetic patients. Diabetes Care 1982 0.75
59 Brain angiotensin II and baroreceptor reflex function in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertension 1989 0.75
60 Analysis by pattern recognition techniques of changes in serum levels of 14 trace metals after acute myocardial infarction. Exp Mol Pathol 1976 0.75
61 Corcoran lecture: the case for or against salt in hypertension. Arthur Curtis Corcoran, MD (1909-1965). Tribute and prelude to Corcoran Lecture of 1988. Hypertension 1989 0.75
62 Inability of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram to determine risk of arrhythmia recurrence in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1991 0.75
63 Novel classification scheme of cardiovascular tissues using trace metal compositions. J Mol Cell Cardiol 1974 0.75
64 Offsetting postretirement benefit liabilities using corporate-owned life insurance. Empl Benefits J 1989 0.75
65 The cluster analysis technique of pattern recognition: application to the trace metal composition of cardiovascular tissues. Anal Chim Acta 1976 0.75
66 Ischemic heart disease in the hemodialysis population. Proc Clin Dial Transplant Forum 1979 0.75
67 Use of pattern recognition to classify beef cardiovascular tissues on the basis of their trace metal compositions. Bioinorg Chem 1976 0.75
68 Attenuated pressure natriuresis in the early phases of two-kidney Goldblatt hypertension. Am J Physiol 1984 0.75
69 Letter: Ischaemia times and phenoxybenzamine in human cadaver-kidney donors. Lancet 1975 0.75
70 Pattern recognition in biochemistry: cluster analysis of cardiovascular tissues using trace metal compositions. Ala J Med Sci 1973 0.75
71 Distribution of 9 trace metals in 17 anatomic sites of dog heart tissue and their classification using pattern recognition. Bioinorg Chem 1977 0.75
72 Accuracy of digital Holter monitoring of extent and duration of ischemic episodes compared to analog recording. Am J Cardiol 1990 0.75
73 Distribution of 8 trace metals in beef heart tissue. Bioinorg Chem 1976 0.75