Prevalence of Diabetic Nephropathy in Turkish Children with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Authors

AYŞENUR ÖKTEN
GÜLAY KAYA
GÜLAY KARAGÜZEL
YUSUF GEDİK
MUHTEREM ÖZDEMİR

Abstract

This study was involved with determining the prevalence of diabetic nephropathy in 72 Turkish children with insulin-Dependent diabetes mellitus. Diabetic nephropathy was diagnosed with blood pressure levels, glomerular filtration rate, albumin excretion rate, ?-2 microglobulinuria and kidney length. There wereo significant differences between laboratory data for boys and girls, but adolescent patients had significantly higher albumin excretion rates than preadolescent patients (p

DOI

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Keywords

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, prevalence.

First Page

169

Last Page

174

Recommended Citation

ÖKTEN, A, KAYA, G, KARAGÜZEL, G, GEDİK, Y, & ÖZDEMİR, M (1999). Prevalence of Diabetic Nephropathy in Turkish Children with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 29 (2): 169-174. https://doi.org/-