The safety and short-term efficacy of aliskiren in the treatment of immunoglobulin a nephropathy--a randomized cross-over study.

Laboratory research and previous study suggest that aliskiren, a direct renin inhibitor, has anti-proteinuric effects. We conducted a randomized crossover study to evaluate the anti-proteinuric effect of aliskiren in patients with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy.We studied 22 patients with biopsy...

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Main Authors: Cheuk-Chun Szeto, Bonnie Ching-Ha Kwan, Kai-Ming Chow, Chi-Bon Leung, Philip Kam-Tao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3651209?pdf=render