Open AccessDecreasing glomerular filtration rate - an indicator of more advanced diabetic glomerulopathy in the early course of microalbuminuria in IDDM adolescents?
Author(s) -
Susanne Rudberg,
Ruth Østerby
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/12.6.1149
Subject(s) - microalbuminuria , medicine , renal function , urology , glomerular basement membrane , albuminuria , filtration fraction , endocrinology , proteinuria , kidney , renal blood flow
Overt diabetic nephropathy is accompanied by a progressive decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR). In this study we have investigated if a reduction of GFR already during the transition from normo- to microalbuminuria is associated with glomerular structural changes.
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