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Diabetic Nephropathies

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Definition: KIDNEY injuries associated with diabetes mellitus and affecting KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; ARTERIOLES; KIDNEY TUBULES; and the interstitium. Clinical signs include persistent PROTEINURIA, from microalbuminuria progressing to ALBUMINURIA of greater than 300 mg/24 h, leading to reduced GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE and END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE.  coord IM with specific kidney dis (IM); do not confuse with DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEPHROGENIC, a form of diabetes insipidus    Other names Glomerulosclerosis, Diabetic; Diabetic Glomerulosclerosis; Syndrome, Kimmelstiel-Wilson; Nephropathy, Diabetic; Nephropathies, Diabetic; Kimmelstiel Wilson Syndrome; Kimmelstiel Wilson Disease; Kidney Diseases, Diabetic; Kidney Disease, Diabetic; Glomerulosclerosis, Nodular; Diabetic Kidney Diseases; Nodular Glomerulosclerosis; Kimmelstiel-Wilson Syndrome; Kimmelstiel-Wilson Disease; Intracapillary Glomerulosclerosis; Diabetic Nephropathy; Diabetic Kidney Disease
 
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pyridoxamine dihydrochloride  0   Pyridoxamine/*analogs & derivatives Diabetic Nephropathies/drug therapy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Jan;23(1):131-6

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