Urea: Surrogate or toxin?

Kidney International

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 754-755

  Himmelfarb, J ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthesis; Urea Kinetic modeling; Uremic syndrome

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; TOXIN; UREA;

CELL PROLIFERATION; DIALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MACROPHAGE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREMIA;

EID: 0032784244     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00602.x     Document Type: Editorial

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