Urinary albumin excretion and progression of renal disease with impaired fibrinolytic activity in type 2 diabetes mellitus

• Main Authors: Ebtessam Zakaria (Author), Maha Hossam Al-Din (Author), Nashwa S Ghanem (Author), Noha A Sadik (Author), Maha Assem (Author), Fatma Taha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Diabetic nephropathy is one of the major causes of end-stage renal disease. As impaired fibrinolysis can increase renal fibrosis, we investigated the relationship of impaired fibrinolysis, as assessed by the ratio of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) to tissue-type plasminogen act...