Comment on: Metabolic surgery improves renal injury independent of weight loss: a meta-analysis.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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2. Obesity-related indices are associated with albuminuria and advanced kidney disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus.Renal failure · 2021
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3. The relationship between kidney function and body mass index before and after bariatric surgery in patients with chronic kidney disease.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2021
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4. Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Renal Injury in Pre-Clinical Models of Diabetic Kidney Disease.Nephron · 2021
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5. Obesity is common in chronic kidney disease and associates with greater antihypertensive usage and proteinuria: evidence from a cross-sectional study in a tertiary nephrology centre.Clinical obesity · 2020
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6. Inquiry into the short- and long-term effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on the glomerular filtration rate.Renal failure · 2020
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7. Comment on: Impact of serum uric acid on renal function after bariatric surgery: a retrospective study.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2020
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8. Metabolic Surgery to Treat Obesity in Diabetic Kidney Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, and End-Stage Kidney Disease; What Are the Unanswered Questions?Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020
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