The main functions of the kidney are the excretion of soluble waste products from the body
and the regulation of water and salt homeostasis, processes that require both glomerular …

Abstract Type 2, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus accounts for 60% of the end-stage
renal disease attributed to diabetes in the United States, yet little is known about glomerular …

Defining renal disease and renal involvement in diabetes appeared not to be an easy task,
mainly because of the wide range of changes seen. The different degree of abnormalities …

Kidney disease in patients with type I diabetes is characterized by a remarkably long
interval, usually lo-20 years, from onset of diabetes to appearance of clinical nephropathy …

Abstract Groth S, Petersen C, Dirksen A, Parving H.‐H (Department of Clinical Physiology
and Nuclear Medicine, Bispebjerg Hospital and Rigshospitalet, Hvidøre Hospital …

Glomerular function was monitored prospectively in 13 patients with insulin-dependent
diabetes and diabetic nephropathy for up to 51 months. Glomerular filtration rate, measured …

Abnormal renal function, including elevated glomerular filtration rate (GFR)[3-5] and
increased renal plasma flow (RPF)[6, 7] can be demonstrated in diabetic man very early in …

Diabetic renal disease in humans often requires the optimistic findings were not predicted by
earlier observabetter part of two decades to develop the signs and symp- tions in humans …

Dear Sir, Dr. R Rossing and colleagues [1] have once again highlighted the imprecision of
derived measurements of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) when compared to the plasma …

Although nephrotic-range proteinuria and progressive azotemia are unequivocal indications
of disordered glomerular function in patients with long-standing insulin-dependent diabetes …