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Myofibroblasts and the progression of diabetic nephropathy

DOI

200

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0

References

1997

Year

Mohamed Essawy, Oğuz Söylemezoğlu, E. C. Muchaneta-Kubara, J R Shortland, C. Brown, Ayman El Nahas
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Abstract

We have demonstrated in this study the neoexpression of cytoskeletal proteins within diabetic kidneys. This has allowed the identification of new predicting histological markers for the progression of diabetic nephropathy.