Editorial: Proteinuria in chronic kidney disease in cats - Prognostic marker or therapeutic target?

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1052-1053

  Elliott, Jonathan ^a   Syme, Harriet M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENAZEPRIL; BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; NOTE; PROTEINURIA; URINE;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BENZAZEPINES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 33750347263     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[1052:EPICKD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Editorial

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