Glomerular-specific alterations of VEGF-A expression lead to distinct congenital and acquired renal diseases.

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Published in J Clin Invest on March 01, 2003

Authors

Vera Eremina1, Manish Sood, Jody Haigh, András Nagy, Ginette Lajoie, Napoleone Ferrara, Hans-Peter Gerber, Yamato Kikkawa, Jeffrey H Miner, Susan E Quaggin

Author Affiliations

1: The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Associated clinical trials:

Usefulness of Extracorporeal Removal of sFLT-1 in Women With Very Early Severe Preeclampsia (ADENA) | NCT02286284

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