Elevated SCF levels in the serum of patients with chronic renal failure

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1151-1156

  Kitoh, Takashi ^a,c,d   Ishikawa, Hitoshi ^a   Ishii, Tatsuo ^b   Nakagawa, Shigeki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shirahigebashi Hospital   (Japan)

^c Nichirei Corporation   (Japan)

^d Research and Development Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Renal anaemia; SCF; Serum; sKIT

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 0031692683     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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