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

Authors

AYŞENUR ÖKTEN
GÜLAY KAYA
GÜLAY KARAGÜZEL
YUSUF GEDİK
MUHTEREM ÖZDEMİR

DOI

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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

Keywords

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, prevalence.

First Page

169

Last Page

174

Recommended Citation

ÖKTEN, AYŞENUR; KAYA, GÜLAY; KARAGÜZEL, GÜLAY; GEDİK, YUSUF; and ÖZDEMİR, MUHTEREM (1999) "Prevalence of Diabetic Nephropathy in Turkish Children with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 29: No. 2, Article 18. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol29/iss2/18