The prospective observational study entitled "Heidelberg Study on Diabetes and Complications" is designed to show that diabetes according to the current medical definition does not exist. Without question, there is an autoimmune disease that destroys beta cells in the pancreas, which leads to
STUDY BACKGROUND
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem and is associated with multiple adverse outcomes including reduced survival, especially in people requiring renal replacement therapy (peritoneal dialysis (PD), haemodialysis [HD] and transplantation). Multiple risk