[eBook Code] Diabetes and Kidney Disease (eBook Code, 1st)

Contributors, vii

Preface, x

Part I Introduction and Pathophysiology

1 History of diabetic nephropathy: a personal account, 3
Eberhard Ritz

2 Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in diabetes, 14
Andrea Icks and Michael Koch

3 Genetic risk factors for diabetic nephropathy, 29
Carsten A. Böger and Peter R. Mertens

4 Pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy, 45
Ivonne Loeffler

5 Histology of human diabetic nephropathy, 62
Kerstin Amann and Christoph Daniel

6 Natural history and diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease, 70
Bethany Karl and Kumar Sharma

Part II Special Situations, Risk Factors and Complications

7 Cardiovascular disease in diabetic nephropathy: pathophysiology and treatment, 85
Martin Busch

8 Statin therapy in patients with diabetic nephropathy, 101
Christoph Wanner

9 Diabetes mellitus, bone and kidney, 116
Thomas Neumann and Gabriele Lehmann

10 Diabetes, pregnancy and the kidney, 129
Helmut Kleinwechter and Ute Schäfer-Graf

11 Diabetic nephropathy in children, 143
Kai D Nüsken and Jörg Dötsch

12 Diabetes, the kidney and retinopathy, 153
Hans-Peter Hammes

Part III Prevention and Therapy

13 Reducing progression of diabetic nephropathy by antihyperglycemic treatment, 171
Christoph Hasslacher

14 Dosage of antihyperglycemic drugs in patients with renal insuffi ciency, 186
Alexander Sämann and Ulrich A. Müller

15 Reducing progression of diabetic nephropathy by antihypertensive treatment, 202
Anita Hansen, Ivo Quack and Lars Christian Rump

16 Treatment of the patient with end-stage diabetic nephropathy, 215
Muriel Ghosn and Fuad N. Ziyadeh

17 Combined pancreas and kidney transplantation or kidney alone transplantation for patients with diabetic nephropathy, 232
Hermann J. Kissler, Christiane Rüster and Utz Settmacher

Index, 253

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