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01.02.2015 | Special Article
A new classification of Diabetic Nephropathy 2014: a report from Joint Committee on Diabetic Nephropathy
verfasst von:
Masakazu Haneda, Kazunori Utsunomiya, Daisuke Koya, Tetsuya Babazono, Tatsumi Moriya, Hirofumi Makino, Kenjiro Kimura, Yoshiki Suzuki, Takashi Wada, Susumu Ogawa, Masaaki Inaba, Yoshihiko Kanno, Takashi Shigematsu, Ikuto Masakane, Ken Tsuchiya, Keiko Honda, Kazuko Ichikawa, Kenichiro Shide
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Clinical and Experimental Nephrology
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Ausgabe 1/2015
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Abstract
The Joint Committee on Diabetic Nephropathy has revised its Classification of Diabetic Nephropathy (Classification of Diabetic Nephropathy 2014) in line with the widespread use of key concepts such as the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and chronic kidney disease. In revising the Classification, the Committee carefully evaluated, as relevant to current revision, the report of a study conducted by the Research Group of Diabetic Nephropathy, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. Major revisions to the Classification are summarized as follows: (1) eGFR is substituted for GFR in the Classification; (2) the subdivisions A and B in stage 3 (overt nephropathy) have been reintegrated; (3) stage 4 (kidney failure) has been redefined as a GFR less than 30 mL/min/1.73 m2, regardless of the extent of albuminuria; and (4) stress has been placed on the differential diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy versus non-diabetic kidney disease as being crucial in all stages of diabetic nephropathy.