hrp0098p1-233 | Diabetes and Insulin 4 | ESPE2024

Early Markers of Diabetic Nephropathy in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

Abdelghaffar Shereen , Sayed Kamel Ashraf , Abdelrasul Howayda , Khamis Hussein Shereen , Rabei Ahmed Mostafa , Mohawed Soliman Hend

Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading contributor to high morbidity and mortality in patients with type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Abuminuria, the gold standard marker of renal damage in diabetic nephropathy, lacks the sensitivity to detect the earliest changes in renal function; as renal histopathological changes were reported to be found before the onset of albuminuriaAim of the work: To assess the diagnostic rol...