Abstract:Kidney injury is a dangerous diabetic microvascular complication responsible for the mortality of diabetics, which would require biomarkers for early detection of diabetic nephropathy. Copeptin, the C-terminal portion of vasopressin prohormone, is rapidly released in severe endogenous stress. So, the current work was carried out to evaluate and estimate copeptin as a marker for diabetic nephropathy. This cross-sectional work was conducted on 60 female and male type II diabetic cases. Diabetic cases were divide… Show more
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