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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877487403321

Titolo

Diabetes and kidney disease / / edited by Gunter Wolf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester [England], : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

ISBN

1-118-49409-1

1-118-49407-5

1-299-31381-7

1-118-49410-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 265 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Altri autori (Persone)

WolfGunter <1961->

Disciplina

616.4/62

Soggetti

Diabetic nephropathies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

History of diabetic nephropathy : a personal account / Eberhard Ritz -- Chronic kidney disease in diabetes : a worldwide endemic / Andrea Icks and Michael Koch -- Genetic risk factors for diabetic nephropathy / Carsten A. Boger and Peter R. Mertens -- Pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy / Ivonne Loeffler -- Histology of human diabetic nephropathy / Kerstin Amann and Christoph Daniel -- Natural history and diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease / Bethany Karl and Kumar Sharma -- Cardiovascular disease in diabetic nephropathy : pathophysiology and treatment / Martin Busch -- Statin therapy in patients with diabetic nephropathy / Christoph Wanner -- Diabetes mellitus, bone, and kidney / Thomas Neumann and Gabriele Lehmann -- Diabetes, pregnancy, and the kidney / Helmut Kleinwechter, Ute Schafer-Graf -- Diabetic nephropathy in children / Kai D. Nusken and Jorg Dotsch -- Diabetes, the kidney, and retinopathy / Hans-Peter Hammes -- Reducing progression of diabetic nephropathy by antihyperglycemic treatment / Christoph Hasslacher -- Dosage of antihyperglycemic drugs in patients with renal insufficiency / Alexander Samann and Ulrich A. Muller -- Reducing progression of diabetic nephropathy by antihypertensive treatment / Anita Hansen, Ivo Quack and Lars Christian Rump -- Treatment of the patient with endstage diabetic nephropathy / Muriel Ghosn and Fuad N. Ziyadeh -- Combined



pancreas and kidney transplantation or kidney alone transplantation for patients with diabetic nephropathy / Hermann J. Kissler, Christiane Ruster, Utz Settmacher.

Sommario/riassunto

Diabetes and the Kidney provides endocrinologists and nephrologists of all levels with expert clinical diagnosis and management guidance for this extremely common diabetic complication.  Practical and accessible, chapters contain text features such as case histories, potential pitfall boxes, key points, management algorithms, and useful weblinks to fully engage the reader and provide expert guidance to help clinicians best manage their patients.  In addition, all relevant international society guidelines and recommendations are fully included.  After an initial analysis of the epi