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ArticleDiabetology international2024

'DKD' as the kidney disease relevant to individuals with diabetes.

Keizo Kanasaki, Masaomi Nangaku, Kohjiro Ueki

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Article in Diabetology international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  4. Expanding the therapeutic frontier: esaxerenone in hypertensive patients with CKD and albuminuria.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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Keizo KanasakiDepartment of Internal Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-Cho, Izumo, 693-8501 Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9563-502X
Masaomi NangakuDivision of Nephrology and Endocrinology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kohjiro UekiDiabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Even though chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant comorbidity in individuals with diabetes, there appears to be worldwide confusion regarding the terminology used to describe it, including diabetic nephropathy, diabetic kidney disease (DKD), CKD with diabetes, diabetes and CKD, etc. In Japan, we have encountered similar confusion regarding the terminology used to describe kidney disease in individuals with diabetes, especially when written in Japanese due to terminological similarities in Chinese characters. The primary issue in Japan was deciphering the significance of "Diabetic," specifically whether it is an essential attribute of the condition itself. The confusions may arise from the deficiencies in establishing a clear criterion for the disease concept, whether it is diabetic nephropathy or DKD. Furthermore, among specialists in the field, each may have their own concept of the disease. In this regard, the Japanese Diabetes Society and the Japanese Society of Nephrology updated the corresponding Japanese term for DKD and defined the concept of DKD with rationale. The goal of these efforts should be the future improvement of the prognosis of DKD patients, the stakeholders.

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Diabetic kidney diseaseDiabetic nephropathyeGFRUrine albumin

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PMID39469547
PMCPMC11512933

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