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Is oxidative stress differentially regulated in the renal cortex and medulla?

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Studies in our laboratory have been supported by NIH grants DK42495, DK68492, DK67621, HL68686 and HL78870.

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Pallone, T. Is oxidative stress differentially regulated in the renal cortex and medulla?. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 118–119 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0083

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