Effect of simvastatin on renal function in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2152-2157

  Van Dijk, Marjan A ^a   Kamper, Adriaan M ^a   Van Veen, Saskia ^b   Souverijn, John H M ^a   Blauw, Gerard J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; Renal blood flow; Renal function; Simvastatin; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOREARM; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0035173241     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.11.2152     Document Type: Article

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