Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide
Renal Diseases in Diabetes
DEFINITION
- Renal disease in diabetes may be caused by diabetes, or may be from other etiologies coexisting with diabetes.
- In diabetes, persistent proteinuria, without other cause, is the first sign of diabetic kidney disease (DKD).
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Last updated: January 13, 2021
Citation
Knicely, Daphne H. "Renal Diseases in Diabetes." Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2021. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547127/all/Renal_Diseases_in_Diabetes.
Knicely DH. Renal Diseases in Diabetes. Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2021. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547127/all/Renal_Diseases_in_Diabetes. Accessed October 30, 2025.
Knicely, D. H. (2021). Renal Diseases in Diabetes. In Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547127/all/Renal_Diseases_in_Diabetes
Knicely DH. Renal Diseases in Diabetes [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2021. [cited 2025 October 30]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547127/all/Renal_Diseases_in_Diabetes.
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