Diabetic nephropathy (nephropatia diabetica) also known as Kimmelstiel–Wilson syndrome or nodular diabetic glomerulosclerosis and intercapillary glomerulonephritis is a progressive kidney disease caused by angiopathy of capillaries in the kidney glomeruli. It is characterized by nephrotic syndrome and diffuse glomerulosclerosis.
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