New pharmacological treatments for improving renal outcomes in diabetes

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 371-380

  Declèves, Anne Emilie ^a   Sharma, Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALISKIREN; AMIDE; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIRFENIDONE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PYRIDONE DERIVATIVE; RENIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALBUMINURIA; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ALBUMINURIA; AMIDES; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FUMARATES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PYRIDONES; RENIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 77956628272     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2010.57     Document Type: Article

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