Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome

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a degenerative complication of diabetes mellitus in humans, with albuminuria, edema, hypertension, renal insufficiency and retinopathy. A small proportion of diabetic dogs have roughly similar lesions of diffuse or nodular hyaline deposits in glomeruli. The characteristic nodules are referred to as Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules. Called also intercapillary glomerulosclerosis.

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