Open AccessSalt-sensitive blood pressure—an intermediate phenotype predisposing to diabetic nephropathy?
Author(s) -
Krzysztof Strojek,
Jérôme Nicod,
Paolo Ferrari,
W Grzeszczak,
J. Górska,
Bernard F. Dick,
Felix J. Frey,
Eberhard Ritz
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfh873
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic nephropathy , blood pressure , diabetes mellitus , offspring , nephropathy , phenotype , endocrinology , type 2 diabetes , genetics , gene , pregnancy , biology
Family studies point to important genetic determinants of diabetic nephropathy (DN). Blood pressure (BP) is higher in offspring of patients with type 2 diabetes and DN, but the pathomechanisms involved have not been elucidated.
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