Effect of cordyceps sinensis on renal function of patients with chronic allograft nephropathy

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-301

  Zhang, Zhihong ^a   Wang, Xiangwei ^b   Zhang, Yuanning ^b   Ye, Gang ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic allograft nephropathy; Cordyceps sinensis; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BAILING CAPSULE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN URINE LEVEL; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORDYCEPS; CREATININE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, CELLULAR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 79955115434     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323655     Document Type: Article

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