Patients who present with chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus can have true diabetic kidney disease (DKD), nondiabetic kidney disease (NDKD), or a combination of both DKD and NDKD. Here, Anders and colleagues discuss the mechanisms underlying these entities and how greater appreciation of distinctions between these entities might facilitate the development of new treatments.
- Hans-Joachim Anders
- Tobias B. Huber
- Mario Schiffer
