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Pioglitazone lowers cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients with kidney disease
12-12-2007 · EurekAlert!A new study confirms that chronic kidney disease increases the already-high risk of serious cardiovascular events in diabetic patients with damage to the large blood vessels and suggests that treatment with the antidiabetic drug pioglitazone may help to lower this risk, reports the January Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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