Simvastatin abates development of renal fibrosis in experimental renovascular disease.

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Published in J Hypertens on August 01, 2008

Authors

Alejandro R Chade1, Xiang Yang Zhu, Joseph P Grande, James D Krier, Amir Lerman, Lilach O Lerman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine (Divisions of Nephrology and Hypertension), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.

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