Effects of N-acetylcysteine on angiotensin-converting enzyme plasma activity in patients with chronic kidney diseases

Blood Purification

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 354-

  Tylicki, Leszek ^a   Renke, Marcin ^a   Rutkowski, Przemyslaw ^a   Larczynski, Wojciech ^a   Aleksandrowicz, Ewa ^a   Lysiak Szydlowska, Wieslawa ^a   Rutkowski, Boleslaw ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PLACEBO;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEINURIA;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PROTEINURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 48349130188     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000133431     Document Type: Letter

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