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Diabetic glomerulosclerosis without overt diabetes mellitus
L Grcevska1, M Polenakovic, G Petrusevska
1Department of Nephrology, University Clinical Center, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. maknefpo@pop.mt.net.mk
Nephron
|December 18, 2001
Abstract:
The duration of diabetes mellitus and the presence of hyperglycaemia were thought to be important in the development of nodular glomerulosclerosis. We report on 3 patients without overt diabetes, but with glucose intolerance, all male, aged 43-66 years, with histological features of diabetic glomerulosclerosis. The nodular form was present in 2 patients and the diffuse form in 1. These cases suggest that factor(s) other than hyperglycaemia are responsible for diabetic renal damage.