Electroacupuncture and moxibustion attenuate the progression of renal disease in 5/6 nephrectomized rats

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 367-373

  Paterno, Josne Carla ^a   Freire, Anaflávia Oliveira ^a   Soares, Maria Fernanda ^a   Franco, Marcello Fabiano ^a   Schor, Nestor ^a   Teixeira, Vicente Paulo Castro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Glomerulosclerosis; Hypertension; Kidney disease; Moxibustion; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOXIBUSTION; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINE VOLUME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MOXIBUSTION; NEPHRECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56449092439     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000176189     Document Type: Article

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