Effect of Strict Glycemic Control on Renal Hemodynamic Response to Amino Acids and Renal Enlargement in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Conventionally treated diabetic patients who have normal renal function while fasting have augmented renal hemodynamic responses to increased plasma amino acid concentrations. The concomitant decrease in these hemodynamic responses and in kidney size with strict glycemic control suggests that these phenomena are related and influenced by the metabolic state.