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Genetic predisposition to hypertension (as detected by Na+/Li+ countertransport) and risk of diabetic nephropathy in childhood diabetes.
Journal of paediatrics and child health - 1 Dec 1994
Chiarelli F, Verrotti A, Kalter-Leibovici O, Laron Z, Morgese G
Abstract excerpt
In order to evaluate whether insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients with incipient nephropathy have an overactivity of erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport (Na+/Li+ CT), 82 diabetic children and 38 healthy age-matched control subjects and their parents and grandparents were studied. The children were divided into two groups according to the presence of persistent microalbuminuria (MA). Diabetic...
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