Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 78-83 , January 2005

Role of oxidative stress in age-associated chronic kidney pathologies

  • Christine Percy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Herston, Australia
    • ,
  • Betty Pat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Herston, Australia
    • ,
  • Philip Poronnik

      Affiliations

    • School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland at St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia.
    • ,
  • Glenda Gobe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Herston, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to G. Gobe, PhD, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, Australia.

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 Christine Percy is supported for her doctoral studies by scholarships from the School of Biomedical Sciences and the Centre for Chronic Disease at The University of Queensland.

PII: S1548-5595(04)00178-8

doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2004.10.006

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 78-83 , January 2005

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