HbA1c is an Independent Determinant of Renal Vascular Resistance Estimated by Doppler Sonography in Non-Diabetic Hypertensive Patients

Background Diabetic nephropathy is a progressive disease that leads to renal failure and end stage renal disease. A frequent and early manifestation of diabetic nephropathy is hyaline arteriolosclerosis. The noninvasive method for estimating the severity of arteriolosclerosis is measurement of the r...

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Main Authors: Ken-ichi Miyoshi, Takafumi Okura M.D., Ph.D., Tomoaki Nagao, Masanori Jotoku, Daijiro Enomoto, Jun Irita, Mie Kurata, Jitsuo Higaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Endocrinology and Diabetes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CMED.S936