Study and Clinical Significance of Urinary Levels of Glypican 5 in Diabetic Patients

Document Type : Abstracts

Abstract

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the most serious long-term consequences of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) because it causes end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We established this study to evaluate the urinary GPC5 level in T2DM as an early marker for DN.