Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 223-229 , April 2005

A history of diabetes mellitus or how a disease of the kidneys evolved into a kidney disease

  • Garabed Eknoyan

      Affiliations

    • Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Garabed Eknoyan, MD, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030.
    • ,
  • Judit Nagy

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Department of Medicine and Nephrological Center, Pecs University, Pecs, Hungary.

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doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2005.01.002

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 223-229 , April 2005

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