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Melatonin Prevents Cyclosporine-induced Nephrotoxicity in Isolated and Perfused Rat Kidney

Biancamaria Longoni Department of Oncology, Transplants and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Division of General Surgery and Transplants, Via Paradisa 2, Pisa, Italy
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Massimiliano Migliori Department of Neuroscience, Section of Pharmacology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Agnese Ferretti Department of Oncology, Transplants and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Division of General Surgery and Transplants, Via Paradisa 2, Pisa, Italy
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Nicola Origlia Department of Neuroscience, Section of Pharmacology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Vincenzo Panichi Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Ugo Boggi Department of Oncology, Transplants and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Division of General Surgery and Transplants, Via Paradisa 2, Pisa, Italy
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Cristina Filippi Department of Neuroscience, Section of Pharmacology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Maria Giuseppa Cuttano Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Luca Giovannini Department of Neuroscience, Section of Pharmacology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Franco Mosca Department of Oncology, Transplants and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Division of General Surgery and Transplants, Via Paradisa 2, Pisa, Italy
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Pages 357-363 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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