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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