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Toll-like receptor 3 signaling and human glomerular endothelial cells toll样受体3信号传导与人肾小球内皮细胞的关系

Journal of experimental nephrology Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.46439/nephrology.1.002

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In vitro analysis and cadaver feasibility study of a peritoneal dialysis catheter tungsten weighted anchor 腹膜透析置管钨重锚的体外分析及尸体可行性研究

Journal of experimental nephrology Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.46439/nephrology.1.005

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Usefulness to assess the disease progression and mortality risk profiles, in a population of chronic kidney disease patients followed by general practitioners and nephrologists 在全科医生和肾病学家随访的慢性肾病患者人群中评估疾病进展和死亡风险概况的有效性

Journal of experimental nephrology Pub Date : 2020-12-31 DOI: 10.46439/nephrology.1.003

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Beneficial effects of nicotinamide on hypertensive mice with impaired endothelial nitric oxide function 烟酰胺对内皮细胞一氧化氮功能受损的高血压小鼠的有益作用

Journal of experimental nephrology Pub Date : 2020-08-26 DOI: 10.46439/nephrology.1.001

Phillip K Huynh, Jennifer C. Wilder, S. Hiller, J. Hagaman, N. Takahashi, Nobuyo Maeda-Smithies, Feng Li

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Beneficial effects of nicotinamide on hypertensive mice with impaired endothelial nitric oxide function. 烟酰胺对内皮细胞一氧化氮功能受损的高血压小鼠的有益作用。

Journal of experimental nephrology Pub Date : 2020-01-01

Phillip K Huynh, Jen Wilder, Sylvia Hiller, John Hagaman, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Nobuyo Maeda-Smithies, Feng Li

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