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SUBMITTER: Solini A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8673134 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Solini Anna A Ferrannini Ele E
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20110401 4
The authors concisely review the main clinical issues arising in the management of the hypertensive patient with type 2 diabetes, in whom chronic kidney disease is prevalent and heralds increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Special attention is paid to the clinical meaning, relevance and limits of albumin excretion and glomerular filtration rate, the two widely used markers of reduced kidney function during the course of chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension. The main thera ...[more]