Serum hepatocyte growth factor levels in patients with renal diseases

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-512

  Nishida, Masashi ^a   Kawakatsu, Hidekazu ^a   Ishiwari, Kohhei ^a   Tamai, Megumi ^a   Sawada, Tadashi ^a   Nishimura, Masato ^a   Yoshimura, Manabu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood; Hepatocyte growth factor; Renal diseases

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; STEROID;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINEPHRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE;

EID: 0032765859     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013508     Document Type: Article

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