Chinese herbs as modulators of human mesangial cell proliferation: Preliminary studies

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-85

  Kuo, Yuh Chi ^a,b,c   Sun, Chang Ming ^a,b   Tsai, Wei Jern ^a,b   Ou, Jun Chih ^a,b   Chen, Wei Perng ^a,b   Lin, Ching Yuang ^a,b  

^a Veterans' General Hospital ^*

^b Veterans' General Hospital

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDONACANTHUS PAUCIFIORUS; DAEMONOROPUS MARGARITAE; IXERIS CHINENSIS; POLYGONUM HYPOLEUCUM; SCUTELLARIS RIVULARIS; SELAGINELLA TAMARISCINA; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM;

EID: 0032127410     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(98)90029-4     Document Type: Article

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