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SUBMITTER: Uzu T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2831864 | biostudies-other | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Uzu Takashi T Kida Yasuo Y Shirahashi Nobuo N Harada Tamaki T Yamauchi Atsushi A Nomura Makoto M Isshiki Keiji K Araki Shin-Ichi S Sugimoto Toshiro T Koya Daisuke D Haneda Masakazu M Kashiwagi Atsunori A Kikkawa Ryuichi R
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20100128 3
Abnormalities in small renal vessels may increase the risk of developing impaired renal function, but methods to assess these vessels are extremely limited. We hypothesized that the presence of small vessel disease in the brain, which manifests as silent cerebral infarction (SCI), may predict the progression of kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes. We recruited 608 patients with type 2 diabetes without apparent cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disease or overt nephropathy and followe ...[more]