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King’s College London has found that patients with diabetes suffering from the early stages of kidney disease have a deficiency of Klotho.
Klotho levels could be used as a risk marker to predict kidney disease.
Klotho protects the vascular system against changes associated with abnormal ageing.
The study was published in the Diabetologia journal.
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Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals.
Clinical Senior Lecturer at School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences at King's College London.
