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Treatment with enalapril and not diltiazem ameliorated progression of chronic kidney disease in rats, and normalized renal AT(1) receptor expression as measured with PET imaging

ACE inhibitors are considered first line of treatment in patients with many forms of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Other antihypertensives such as calcium channel blockers achieve similar therapeutic effectiveness in attenuating hypertension-related renal damage progression. Our objective was to exp...

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Autores principales: Ismail, Basma, deKemp, Rob A., Croteau, Etienne, Hadizad, Tayebeh, Burns, Kevin D., Beanlands, Rob S., DaSilva, Jean N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5438116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28542215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177451