Microvascular benefits of hypertension and glucose control in type 2 diabetes.
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: When albumin starts leaking through the glomerular tuft of capillaries into the urine of diabetic patients, it is an indication of small-blood vessel disease throughout the body. The more protein found in the urine, the more damage is evident elsewhere (retinopathy and neuropathy). Our best weapon in primarily preventing this damage has been tight blood glucose control, from as early after the diagnosis of diabetes as possible, and we have good evidence of its success in type 1 diabetics.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Author: B W van Rensburg
Language: English
Subfield: Nephrology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2474452116