Renal histology in diabetic nephropathy predicts progression to end-stage kidney disease but not the rate of renal function decline

Renal histology in diabetic nephropathy predicts progression to end-stage kidney disease but not the rate of renal function decline

Abstract Background While histopathologic changes correlate with functional impairment in cross-sectional studies of diabetic nephropathy (DN), whether these findings predict future rate of kidney function loss remains uncertain. We thus sought to examine the relationship between kidney histopatholo...

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Main Authors: Paraish S. Misra, Stephen G. Szeto, Adriana Krizova, Richard E. Gilbert, Darren A. Yuen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Diabetic nephropathy
eGFR slope
Renal Pathology Society
Kidney biopsy
ESKD
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-020-01943-1

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