In search of a better understanding of IgA nephropathy-associated hematuria

Kidney International

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 513-515

  Eitner, Frank ^a,b   Floege, Jürgen ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; FRACTALKINE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; MACROSCOPIC HEMATURIA; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEINURIA; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84865210844     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.160     Document Type: Note

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