Referral of type 1 diabetic patients to a nephrology unit: Will pre-emptive transplantation change our life?

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 275-283

  Piccoli, Giorgina Barbara ^a   Mezza, Elisabetta ^a   Gino, Miriam ^a   Grassi, Giorgio ^a   Soragna, Giorgio ^a   Fop, Fabrizio ^a   Burdese, Manuel ^a   Gai, Massimo ^a   Motta, Daria ^a   Malfi, Bernardino ^a   Rossetti, Maura ^a   Dani, Franco ^a   Jeantet, Alberto ^a   Segoloni, Giuseppe P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathies; Early referral; Outpatient care unit; Pancreas kidney transplantation; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETIC HYPERTENSION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NEPHROLOGY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEINURIA; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 2942637487     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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