Podocytes and Disease: Introduction

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 305-306

  Kriz, Wilhelm ^a   Endlich, Karlhans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; EDITORIAL; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULAR HYPERTENSION; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HYPERTENSION; PODOCYTE; PODOCYTE DISEASE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PODOCYTES;

EID: 84865759170     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: 15584488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2012.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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