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Genetics of diabetic nephropathy.
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Mar 2010
Carpena Mariana P, Rados Dimitris V, Sortica Denise A, Souza Bianca M de, Reis André Fernandes, Canani Luis Henrique, Crispim Daisy
Abstract excerpt
The increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus has led to a growing number of chronic complications including diabetic nephropathy (DN). In addition to its high prevalence, DN is associated with high morbidity and mortality especially due to cardiovascular diseases. It is well established that genetic factors play a role in the pathogenesis of DN and genetically susceptible individuals can develop it after being...
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