Abstract:Diabetic Nephropathy (DN), a chronic complication of diabetes, is characterized by glomerular hyper-trophy, albuminuria, decreased glomerular filtration rate, and renal fibrosis resulting in end stage renal disease. Diabetic Nephropathy is one of the major micro-vascular complications of long term diabetes mellitus. The pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy is multifactorial. For many years it was consensus among scientists that hyper filtration and activation of the renin angiotensin aldosterone system is enou… Show more
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