The Effect of Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme Inhibition on Diabetic Nephropathy

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Authors

Edmund J. Lewis · Rush University Medical Center

Lawrence G. Hunsicker · University of Iowa

Richard D. Rohde · Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center

Abstract

Captopril protects against deterioration in renal function in insulin-dependent diabetic nephropathy and is significantly more effective than blood-pressure control alone.

Topics & Keywords

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Renin-Angiotensin System Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 329, Issue 20, pp. 1456-1462

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199311113292004

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