whether to treat ALL patients with type 2 diabetes with an ACE inhibitor to prevent nephropathy
January 2000
Experts are now debating whether to treat ALL patients with type 2 diabetes with an ACE inhibitor to prevent nephropathy.
The current recommendation is to treat only patients who develop microalbuminuria...an early sign of kidney damage.
But now some experts advocate earlier treatment...to prevent kidney damage before it occurs.
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