Uric Acid May Help Spot Diabetic Kidney Disease Early

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"If follow-up studies, already under way, demonstrate that serum uric acid concentration predicts the course of early decline in kidney function, then clinical trials would be justified to test whether modifying serum uric acid concentration also modifies the course of renal function decline in type 1 diabetic patients with high normoalbuminuria or microalbuminuria," Rosolowsky said.

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The National Kidney Foundation has more about diabetes and kidney disease.

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