Urinary albumin excretion and progression of renal disease with impaired fibrinolytic activity in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Background Diabetic nephropathy is one of the major causes of end-stage renal disease. As impaired fibrinolysis can increase renal fibrosis, we investigated the relationship of impaired fibrinolysis, as assessed by the ratio of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) to tissue-type plasminogen ac...

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Main Authors: Ebtessam Zakaria, Maha Hossam Al-Din, Nashwa S Ghanem, Noha A Sadik, Maha Assem, Fatma Taha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2015-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.esim.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-7782;year=2015;volume=27;issue=3;spage=108;epage=114;aulast=Zakaria