Attenuation of murine lupus nephritis by mycophenolate mofetil

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1407-1415

  Van Bruggen, Mieke C J ^a   Walgreen, Birgitte ^a   Rijke, Truus P M ^a   Berden, J O H M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0031927313     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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