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Immunochemical detection of advanced glycosylation end products in vivo.

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Advanced glycation end products induce glomerular sclerosis and albuminuria in normal rats.

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A Breaker of Advanced Glycation End Products Attenuates Diabetes-Induced Myocardial Structural Changes

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Animal Model of Sclerotic Skin. I: Local Injections of Bleomycin Induce Sclerotic Skin Mimicking Scleroderma

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