KIDNEY injuries associated with diabetes mellitus and affecting KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; ARTERIOLES; KIDNEY TUBULES; and the interstitium. Clinical signs include persistent PROTEINURIA, from microalbuminuria progressing to ALBUMINURIA of greater than 300 mg/24 h, leading to reduced GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE and END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE.
Also Known As:
Diabetic Nephropathy; Nephropathy, Diabetic; Diabetic Kidney Disease; Intracapillary Glomerulosclerosis; Kimmelstiel-Wilson Disease; Kimmelstiel-Wilson Syndrome; Nodular Glomerulosclerosis; Diabetic Kidney Diseases; Glomerulosclerosis, Nodular; Kidney Disease, Diabetic; Kidney Diseases, Diabetic; Kimmelstiel Wilson Disease; Kimmelstiel Wilson Syndrome; Nephropathies, Diabetic; Syndrome, Kimmelstiel-Wilson; Diabetic Glomerulosclerosis; Glomerulosclerosis, Diabetic