Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and probucol suppress the time-dependent increase in urinary Type IV collagen excretion of Type II diabetes mellitus patients with early diabetic nephropathy. - Concepedia

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and probucol suppress the time-dependent increase in urinary Type IV collagen excretion of Type II diabetes mellitus patients with early diabetic nephropathy.

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2001

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Masataka Nishimura, T. Sasaki, Akira Ohishi, Mitsuhiro Oishi, Shoko Kono, Y Totani, Yuji Kato, Yu‐ichi Noto, S Misaki, Keishi Higashi,

Abstract

ACE-I has a beneficial effect and probucol may have a beneficial effect in preventing the progression of early diabetic nephropathy. Measurement of the urinary Type IV collagen excretion rate in combination with AER would be useful for the management of early renal involvement in Type II DM.