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Diabetes leads to drastic reduction in the kidney’s potential to clean itself – News-Medical.Net
The kidneys often become bulky and dysfunctional in diabetes, and now scientists have found that one path to this damage dramatically reduces the kidney’s ability to clean up after itself.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 22 2020
The kidneys often become bulky and dysfunctional in diabetes, and now scientists have found that one path to this damage dramatically reduces the kidney’s ability to clean up after itself.
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