Reviews
Strategies to prevent progression of renal disease
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2001 February;68(2):143-146, 149-151
Author and Disclosure Information
Phillip M. Hall, MD
Department of Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic
Address: Phillip M. Hall, MD, Department of Nephrology, A101, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; hallp@ccf.org
ABSTRACT
Clinical studies show that several strategies can prevent or slow the progression of renal disease in patients with or without diabetes. This paper reviews current theories of how renal disease develops and progresses and what clinical studies indicate about how to prevent or slow the process.