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Diabetic kidney disease: Is there a non-albuminuric phenotype in type 2 diabetic patients?
Nefrologia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola Nefrologia - 1 Jan 2000
Laranjinha Ivo, Matias Patrícia, Mateus Sofia, Aguiar Filipa, Pereira Patrícia, Perneta Santos Miguel, Costa Rui, Lourenço Ana, Guia José, Barata José Diogo, Campos Luís
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BACKGROUND: Albuminuria was widely considered as the first clinical sign of diabetic kidney disease (DKD), which is why it has traditionally been used as a screening test for DKD. However, increasing evidence has shown that a significant number of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients have a decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) without significant albuminuria, known as non-albuminuric DKD (NA-DKD). The aim...
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