title: The increasing prevalence of diabetic nephropathy as a cause of end stage renal disease in Nigeria.
abstract: The incidence of diabetic nephropathy, the leading cause of chronic kidney disease in the western world has increased by 150% in the past 10 years in the United States, with similar trends in Europe and Japan. It is apparent from the present study that diabetic nephropathy may be assuming an increasing role as a cause of chronic kidney disease in Nigeria.
authors.affiliation: Medicine Department, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria. dralechristo@yahoo.com
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Alebiosu
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Ayodele
mesh_terms: D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology*; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence