Renoprotective effect of the angiotensin-receptor antagonist irbesartan in patients with nephropathy due to type 2 diabetes.

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Published in N Engl J Med on September 20, 2001

Authors

E J Lewis1, L G Hunsicker, W R Clarke, T Berl, M A Pohl, J B Lewis, E Ritz, R C Atkins, R Rohde, I Raz, Collaborative Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Mechanisms of Diabetic Kidney Disease in American Indians | NCT01878045

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