Measurement of plasma and urinary adrenomedullin in patients with IgA nephropathy

Nephron

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-394

  Kubo, Atsushi ^a,b   Iwano, Masayuki ^a   Minamino, Naoto ^b   Sato, Hiroaki ^a   Nishino, Toshihiko ^a   Hirata, Eiji ^a   Akai, Yasuhiro ^a   Shiiki, Hideo ^a   Kitamura, Kazuo ^c   Kangawa, Kenji ^b   Matsuo, Hisayuki ^b   Dohi, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin, plasma, urine; Blood urea nitrogen; IgA nephropathy; Potassium; Serum creatinine; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; CREATININE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCORING SYSTEM; SODIUM EXCRETION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 18344418202     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000044966     Document Type: Article

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