Diabetic retinopathy is a poor predictor of type of nephropathy in proteinuric type 2 diabetic patients.
BACKGROUND: Both diabetic nephropathy (DN) and nondiabetic nephropathy (NDN) are reported to occur in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). The precise diagnosis of the type of nephropathy has obvious clinical and prognostic implication. The aim of.....