to examine whether human atrial natriuretic peptide ( human anf- [ 99-126 ] , hanp ) is involved into the pathogenesis of hypertension and nephropathy of diabetic patients and to find out whether the detection of increased hanp levels can serve as an early marker , helping to identify diabetic patients at increased risk of developing these diabetes complications , we studied 107 randomly selected patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus ( 53 women , 54 men ) .
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nephropathy
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diabetes complications