Population
64 Type 2 diabetic patients without overt nephropathy and other causes of anaemia or EPO deficit, plus 42…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May indicate autonomic neuropathy in anemic type 2 diabetes; leaves open whether EPO dysregulation precedes nephropathy.
Type 2 diabetic patients exhibit an early abnormality in erythropoietin regulation before clinical nephropathy, with autonomic neuropathy likely playing a contributory role.
Spallone et al. (2004) studied this question.
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