Animal models to study links between cardiovascular disease and renal failure and their relevance to human pathology

The close association between cardiovascular pathology and renal dysfunction are well documented and significant. Patients with conventional risk factors for cardiovascular disease like diabetes and hypertension also suffer renal dysfunction. This is unsurprising if the kidney is simply regarded as...

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Main Authors: Tim David Hewitson, Stephen G Holt, Edward R Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00465/full