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The estimated GFR, but not the stage of diabetic nephropathy graded by the urinary albumin excretion, is associated with the carotid intima-media thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: To study the relationship between the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery and the stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD) based on the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and diabetic nephropathy graded by the urinary albumin excretion (UAE) in the patients with type...

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Autores principales: Ito, Hiroyuki, Komatsu, Yuko, Mifune, Mizuo, Antoku, Shinichi, Ishida, Hidenori, Takeuchi, Yuichiro, Togane, Michiko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20470427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-9-18