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Risk factors for development of diabetic nephropathy: a review.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Jan 1997
Strojek K, Grzeszczak W, Ritz E
Abstract excerpt
Recently evidence has accumulated that diabetic nephropathy clusters in families, both in insulin-dependent (IDDM) and non-insulin-dependent (NIDDM) diabetic patients. Furthermore, hypertension and cardiovascular accidents are found more frequently in families of NIDDM with diabetic nephropathy. Some observations in offspring of NIDDM patients with diabetic nephropathy point to high urinary albumin excretion and...
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