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Japan-Indonesia Collaborative Study of Imidapril on Antipro-teinuria Effect in Hypertensive Patients with Chronic kidney Disease

Rumah Ginjal - Abstract Background：Chronic kidney disease（CKD）is a comprehensive disease concept that includes chronic glomerulonephritis such as IgA nephropathy or lupus nephritis, diabetic nephropathy and hypertensive nephrosclerosis. CKD is a risk factor for end stage kidney disease（ESKD）and cardiovascular diseases（CVD）. It is considered that angiotensin─converting enzyme（ACE）inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers（ARBs）induce a marked renoprotective effect in patients with CKD.