Bermejo García, SheilaSoler, María JoséPascual Santos, Julio2017-12-132017-12-132017Bermejo S, Pascual J, Soler MJ. The large spectrum of renal disease in diabetic patients. Clin Kidney J. 2017 Apr;10(2):255-256. DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfw1372048-8505http://hdl.handle.net/10230/33463The prevalence of diabetic nephropathy (DN) among diabetic patients seems to be overestimated. Recent studies with renal biopsies show that the incidence of non-diabetic nephropathy (NDN) among diabetic patients is higher than expected. Renal impairment of diabetic patients is frequently attributed to DN without meeting the KDOQI criteria or performing renal biopsy to exclude NDN. In this editorial, we update the spectrum of renal disease in diabetic patients and the impact on diagnosis, prognosis and therapyapplication/pdfeng© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.comRonyons -- TrasplantacióDiabetisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfw137Diabetes mellitusDiabetic nephropathyKidney transplantationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess