Combined mycophenolate mofetil and losartan therapy arrests established injury in the remnant kidney

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-290

  Fujihara, Clarice Kazue ^a   Noronha, Irene De Lourdes ^a   Malheiros, Denise Maria Avancini Costa ^a   Antunes, Gláucia Rutigliano ^a   De Oliveira, Ivone Braga ^a   Zatz, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio de Fisiopatologia Renal   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOSARTAN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SCAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT;

EID: 0033959964     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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