Angiotensin antagonists and fish oil for treating IgA nephropathy.
2007
In IgA nephropathy (IgAN), ACE inhibitors (ACE-I) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) are beneficial against hypertension, and their anti-proteinuric effect has been clearly demonstrated. However, sub-analyses of IgAN patients enrolled in large studies failed to prove a benefit against progression to renal failure. The European Community Biomed Concerted Action - a placebo-controlled randomized controlled trial begun in 1995 - in children and adults (9-35 years old) with proteinuria > 1
Keywords:
- Proteinuria
- Medicine
- Diabetes mellitus
- Renal function
- Gastroenterology
- Intensive care medicine
- Kidney disease
- Renin–angiotensin system
- Internal medicine
- Combination therapy
- ACE inhibitor
- Endocrinology
- Nephropathy
- Randomized controlled trial
- Immunology
- Fish oil
- european community
- angiotensin receptor antagonist
- Angiotensin Receptor Blockers
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