Strategies to prevent progression of renal disease.
Clinical studies show that several strategies can prevent or slow the progression of renal disease in patients with or without diabetes. This paper reviews current theories of how renal disease develops and progresses and what clinical studies indicate about how to prevent or slow the process.
Hall
P M
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Department of Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. hallp@ccf.org
D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000503:physiopathology
D016207:Cytokines