Strategies to prevent progression of renal disease
Cleve Clin J Med. 2001 Feb;68(2):143-4, 146, 149-51, 152.
doi: 10.3949/ccjm.68.2.143.
Affiliation
- 1 Department of Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. [email protected]
Abstract
Clinical studies show that several strategies can prevent or slow the progression of renal disease in patients with or without diabetes. This paper reviews current theories of how renal disease develops and progresses and what clinical studies indicate about how to prevent or slow the process.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Cytokines / physiology
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Diabetic Nephropathies / physiopathology
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Diabetic Nephropathies / prevention & control*
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Disease Progression
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Humans
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Kidney / physiopathology
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Kidney Diseases / physiopathology
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Kidney Diseases / prevention & control*
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Proteinuria / physiopathology