Diabetic Nephropathy

It is essential that all those involved in the care of people with diabetes, including the diabetes specialist team and nephrologists, are aware of the best clinical management practices in preventing and treating renal complications.
This book summarises these; the important practical aspects in diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of diabetic nephropathy based on current knowledge. Aspects of pathogenesis and clinical features for specific groups such as pregnant women, adolescents and patients with cardiovascular complications and disorders of lipid metabolism are also covered.
* An area of great importance and interest to both clinicians in diabetes and the health care team
* A practical clinical approach
* Contributions from experts with considerable experience of treating patients with these complications
Diabetic Nephropathy will provide the reader with a solid grounding in the current basic and clinical research in this area.

This volume will focus on and emphasise the clinical relevance of diabetic nephropathy, a relatively common problem of diabetes. It affects about one in three patients with Type 1 diabetes, and left untreated can lead to a progressive decline in renal function, accompanied by retinopathy and arterial hypertension, which, in turn, leads to cardiovascular disease - a common cause of death in these patients. Diabetic Nephropathy will also provide the reader with a solid grounding in current basic and clinical research.