Relationship between Intra-renal Arterial Resistance Index (RI) and Albuminuria in Diabetic Patients

نویسندگان

1 1. Assistant professor of Radiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

2 3. Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

3 2. Assistant professor of nephrology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

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چکیده

OBJECTIVE: Diabetic nephropathy is a major diabetes complication. Arterial resistance index (RI) may predict deterioration in kidney function. This study was designed to compare renal arterial RI in different stages of renal function according to glomerular filtration rate (GFR), serum creatinine level and proteinuria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a cross-sectional study on ...