Diabetic nephropathy: Diagnosis and treatment

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 713-723

  Fineberg, Daniel ^a   Jandeleit Dahm, Karin A M ^a   Cooper, Mark E ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; ALBUMIN; ALISKIREN; AMLODIPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYSTATIN C; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH SENSITIVITY C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INCRETIN; INTERMEDIATE DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; IRBESARTAN; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MICRORNA; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PERINDOPRIL; RAMIPRIL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RENIN INHIBITOR; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2; SPIRONOLACTONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VALSARTAN;

ALBUMINURIA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DENERVATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; LIFESTYLE; MACROALBUMINURIA; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL PROTECTION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING CESSATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HUMANS; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 84888199970     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2013.184     Document Type: Review

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