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Role of mast cells, stem cell factor and protease-activated receptor-2 in tubulointerstitial lesions in IgA nephropathy

✍ Scribed by Hong Liu; Fuyou Liu; Youming Peng; Yinghong Liu; Lingyan Li; Xiwen Tu; Meichu Cheng; Xiangqing Xu; Xing Chen; Guanghui Ling; Lin Sun


Book ID
105753314
Publisher
SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
648 KB
Volume
59
Category
Article
ISSN
1420-908X

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