Endocrinology & Metabolic Syndrome
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ISSN: 2161-1017
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-1017
+44 1478 350008
Biesenbach G
General Hospital Linz, Bismarckstraße 7,
Linz
Austria
Research Article
Onset of End-Stage Renal Disease and Prevalence of Vascular Diseases at the Start of Dialysis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Diabetic and Vascular Nephropathy
Author(s): Biesenbach G and Pieringer HBiesenbach G and Pieringer H
Background: End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in type 2 diabetic patients with renal disease can be observed after a varying duration of diabetes. The aim of the study was to investigate differences between type 2 diabetic patients with diabetic nephropathy (dNP) versus Vascular Nephropathy (vNP).
Patients and Methods: We investigated 90 uremic type 2 diabetic patients before start of dialysis. According to clinical diagnosis 66 patients had dNP (72%) and 20 patients vNP (24%) and four patients a chronic glomerulo nephritis was diagnosed (4%). The clinical diagnose was confirmed by histological findings in 40 patients, of them in 28 patients with dNP and in 12 subjects a histological finding was available. In 14 cases a kidney biopsy performed and in 26 patients a post-mortem biopsy at autopsy. Differences in the onset of ESRD in the presence o.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-1017.1000124