Type IV collagen is a major component released from the glomerular and tubular basement membranes. To investigate the alteration of renal type IV collagen turnover in early stage diabetic nephropathy, urinary type IV collagen was measured by a highly sensitive one-step sandwich enzyme immunoassay (E
Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy in its Early Stages
β Scribed by Deferrari, Giacomo ;Cheli, Valeria ;Robaudo, Cristina
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 251 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0742-4221
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