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RESEARCH LETTER
Association between serum lactate dehydrogenase and prevalence of diabetic kidney disease in Chinese patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study
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College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China
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Department of Nephrology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, China
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Department of Endocrinology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, China
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The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Department of Endocrinology, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
These authors had equal contribution to this work
Submission date: 2026-02-22
Final revision date: 2026-06-26
Acceptance date: 2026-07-03
Online publication date: 2026-08-21
Corresponding author
Limin Tian
Department of Endocrinology Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chengdu 610059, China
Department of Endocrinology Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chengdu 610059, China
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