Effect of the traditional Japanese medicine Sairei-to on edema in mouse anti-GBM nephritis

Journal of Traditional Medicines

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 125-129

  Tada, Kinji ^a   Fujitsuka, Naoki ^a   Kase, Yoshio ^a   Takeda, Shuichi ^a   Aburada, Masaki ^a   Kobayashi, Mii ^b   Makino, Bunsho ^b   Endo, Yuichi ^b  

^a Tsumura Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^b Pharmacognosy and Medicinal Resources Research Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

edema; extracellular fluid volume; nephritis; Sairei to

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009577124     PISSN: 18801447     EISSN: 18813747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11339/jtm.21.125     Document Type: Article

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