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A Wikipedian. The name Nephron comes from the structural unit of the kidney. I have an interest in nephrology and started the Wikipedia Nephrology project.

My undergraduate studies were in engineering. Currently, I'm studying medicine. Click here to see how many edits I have made to Wikipedia.

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Number of Wikipedia articles 1,528,825: Current UTC time 07:37




Ten articles I've enjoyed editing:

circle of Willis, femoral vein, home hemodialysis, Kt/V, renal osteodystrophy, oculocephalic reflex, nephritic syndrome, Nutcracker syndrome, Ottawa ankle rules, systemic inflammatory response syndrome.


Some articles I did significant edits on and/or started:

abdominal examination, arterial tree, benign paediatric heart murmurs, Bishop score, caloric reflex test, carpopedal spasm, Coombs test, distal splenorenal shunt procedure, Elizabeth McMaster, first trimester bleeding, flash pulmonary edema, Frank Gotch (MD), Hirschberg test, intention to treat analysis, jugular venous pressure, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, laryngospasm, liver dialysis, mini-mental state examination, Murphy's sign, nephritic syndrome, North York General Hospital, number needed to harm, oculocephalic reflex, Ottawa ankle rules, Otto Jirovec, PAIRO, pericardial friction rub, post-abortion syndrome, precordial examination, pulmonary embolectomy, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, pulsus bisferiens, pulsus paradoxus, pulsus tardus et parvus, respiratory examination, sepsis, Stress-strain index, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, Toronto Western Hospital, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, Unterberger test, voiding cystourethrogram, zebra (medical).


Nephrology related articles I have started or made significant edits on:

BUN-to-creatinine ratio, captopril challenge test, clearance (medicine), home hemodialysis, hepatorenal syndrome, Kt/V, posterior urethral valves, post-infectious glomerulonephritis, renal artery stenosis, renal osteodystrophy, standardized Kt/V, vascular access steal syndrome.


Medication related articles I have started or made significant edits on:

dinoprostone, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, nateglinide, phosphate binders, pro re nata, procalcitonin, sitagliptin, tirofiban, vildagliptin.


Radiology related articles I have started or made significant edits on:

chest X-ray, deep sulcus sign, football sign, Kerley B lines, Nutcracker syndrome, pneumatosis intestinalis, Rigler's sign.


Some non-medical articles I have started or made significant edits on:

Angela Merkel, Manning formula, mass transfer coefficient, polar moment of inertia, relative risk.


Human anatomy related articles I have started or made significant edits on:

anterior communicating artery, anterior spinal artery, aorta, arteria pancreatica magna, artery of Adamkiewicz, carotid sinus, celiac artery, circle of Willis, collateralization, cortical bone, cystic artery, dorsalis pedis artery, femoral vein, foramen of Winslow, gastroduodenal artery, greater sac, hepatic artery proper, Hesselbach's triangle, inferior epigastric artery, inferior epigastric vein, inferior vena cava, internal thoracic artery, internal thoracic vein, Kiesselbach's plexus, lateral thoracic artery, lesser sac, persistent left superior vena cava, portal vein tributaries (inferior mesenteric vein, splenic vein, superior mesenteric vein), posterior cerebral artery, posterior communicating artery, superficial temporal artery, superior epigastric artery, ulnar artery, veins of the leg (femoral vein, great saphenous vein, small saphenous vein).