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Progression of diabetic nephropathy in normotensive type 1 diabetic patients.
Kidney international. Supplement - 1 Jul 1999
Jacobsen P, Rossing K, Tarnow L, Rossing P, Mallet C, Poirier O, Cambien F, Parving H H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The first aim of our long-term study was to describe the natural history of diabetic nephropathy in 59 normotensive type 1 diabetic patients. Secondly, we evaluated genetic and nongenetic progression promoters. METHODS: The following progression promoters were determined: the insertion/deletion polymorphism in the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene, blood pressure, albuminuria, hemoglobin A1c,...
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