'Silent strokes' linked to kidney failure in diabetics

Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 18:07 in Health & Medicine

In patients with type 2 diabetes, silent cerebral infarction (SCI) -- small areas of brain damage caused by injury to small blood vessels -- signals an increased risk of progressive kidney disease and kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN).

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