
Diabetic Nephropathy
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๐Overview
Diabetic nephropathy is a chronic kidney disease caused by long-term damage from diabetes mellitus. It is the preferred modern term for kidney damage related to diabetes, previously sometimes called diabetic kidney disease. This condition involves progressive deterioration of kidney function due to high blood sugar levels affecting the kidney's filtering units.
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