Metabolic syndrome nephropathy: A retrospective study of the rate of diagnosis, clinical progression, and relationship to systemic arteriosclerosis

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Background・Aim: "Diabetic kidney disease" (DKD) is a collective term for all types of renal insufficiency in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Although its introduction has facilitated diagnosis, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms remain unclear; therefore, we recently proposed the term "metabolic syndrome nephropathy" (MetS-N). Herein, we present a new diagnostic approach for DKD/MetS-N.