Identifying parameters to distinguish non-diabetic renal diseases from diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Renal injuries in patients with diabetes include diabetic nephropathy (DN) and non-diabetic renal diseases (NDRD). The value of a clinical diagnosis of DN and NDRD remains inconclusive. We conducted a meta-analysis of the literature to identify predictive factors of NDRD and to compare t...

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Main Authors: Shuang Liang, Xue-Guang Zhang, Guang-Yan Cai, Han-Yu Zhu, Jian-Hui Zhou, Jie Wu, Pu Chen, Shu-Peng Lin, Qiang Qiu, Xiang-Mei Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3653878?pdf=render