The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus have grown significantly throughout the
world, due primarily to the increase in type 2 diabetes. This overall increase in the number of …

Abstract The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) 2012 Clinical Practice
Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) serves to …

Abstract The UK Prospective Diabetes Study is the largest study in Type 2 diabetes with pre‐
specified renal outcomes. The study showed that the natural history of nephropathy in newly …

Development and progression of nephropathy in type 2 diabetes: The United Kingdom
Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS 64). Background The progression of nephropathy from …

Background Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes are a high-risk population who are
recommended to strive for optimal glucose control, but neonatal outcomes attributed to …

Terminal deletions of chromosome 10p result in a DiGeorge-like phenotype that includes
hypoparathyroidism, heart defects, immune deficiency, deafness and renal malformations …

Context: Maternal subclinical hypothyroidism during pregnancy is associated with various
adverse outcomes. Recent consensus guidelines do not advocate universal thyroid function …

Background Results of previous studies suggest that renin-angiotensin system blockers
might reduce the burden of diabetic retinopathy. We therefore designed the DIabetic …

Background Diabetic retinopathy remains a leading cause of visual loss in people of
working age. We examined whether candesartan treatment could slow the progression and …

OBJECTIVE To establish the relation between socioeconomic status and the age-sex
specific prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The hypothesis was that …