Immunosuppression for diabetic glomerular disease?

Kidney International

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 377-378

  Meyer, Timothy W ^a  

^a RVA Palo Alto HCS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Diabetes; Glomerular injury; Insterstitial inflammation; Macrophages; Monocytes; Mycophenolate mofetil

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INFILTRATION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; ENZYME INHIBITION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0037213423     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00747.x     Document Type: Editorial

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