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DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM
Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 641-647Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/dom.12630
Keywords
diabetic nephropathy; glycaemic control
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Diabetic nephropathy affects 30-40% of people with diabetes, and is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease. The current treatment paradigm relies on early detection, glycaemic control and tight blood pressure management with preferential use of renin-angiotensin system blockade. This strategy has transformed outcomes in diabetic kidney disease over the last 20 years. Over the last two decades we have also witnessed significant advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy; however, despite this new knowledge, we have yet to develop new treatments of proven efficacy. Whilst a continued emphasis on preclinical and clinical research is clearly needed, clinicians treating people with diabetes should not forget that, in the short term, the greatest gains are likely to be realised by more consistent deployment of existing therapies.
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