Urinary transforming growth factor- 1 in membranous glomerulonephritis
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Urinary transforming growth factor-beta 1 in membranous glomerulonephritis.
BACKGROUND Human idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) has a highly variable clinical course and factors determining its outcome are poorly known. Since transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) has an essential role in renal fibrogenesis, we studied the possibility to use urinary excretion of TGF-beta 1 in the assessment of progression of the disease in patients with MGN. METHO...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0931-0509,1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/12.12.2562