Urinary excretion of Tamm-Horsfall protein and epidermal growth factor in chronic nephropathy

Nephron

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-172

  Torffvita, O ^a   Jorgensen P E ^b   Kamper, A L ^c   Holstein Rathlou, N H ^c   Leyssac, P P ^c   Poulsen, S S ^c   Strandgaard, S ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathy; Distal tubular function; Glomerulonephritis; Lithium; Polycystic kidney disease; Proximal tubular function; Sodium; Thick ascending limb, Henle; Tubulointerstitial nephropathy

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LITHIUM; TAMM HORSFALL GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; KIDNEY TUBULE FUNCTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SODIUM ABSORPTION; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; AGED; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TUBULES, DISTAL; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; LOOP OF HENLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOPROTEINS; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES;

EID: 0031803755     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045020     Document Type: Article

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