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Tryptophan as a surrogate prognostic marker for diabetic nephropathy

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Diabetic nephropathy is one of the leading causes of end‐stage renal disease. Unfortunately, reliable surrogate markers for predicting the prognostic outcome of diabetic nephropathy are as yet absent. In order… Click to show full abstract

Diabetic nephropathy is one of the leading causes of end‐stage renal disease. Unfortunately, reliable surrogate markers for predicting the prognostic outcome of diabetic nephropathy are as yet absent. In order to find new markers in predicting the progression of diabetic nephropathy, we carried out a prospective study by investigating the correlation between serum metabolites and the annual change of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).

Keywords: tryptophan surrogate; prognostic marker; diabetic nephropathy; marker diabetic; surrogate prognostic

Journal Title: Journal of Diabetes Investigation
Year Published: 2018

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