L-arginine decreases the infiltration of the kidney by macrophages in obstructive nephropathy and puromycin-induced nephrosis

Kidney International

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1346-1354

  Reyes, Alvaro A ^c   Porras, Beatriz H ^a   Chasalow, Fred I ^c   Klahr, Saulo ^b  

^a St Johns Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; PUROMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE; NEPHROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0028181495     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1994.176     Document Type: Article

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