The significance of the kidney in diabetes Ferrannini • Fioretto • Groop • Hach Nauck • Thomas Edited by Piper & Raderschadt Published by infill Kommunikation GmbH .The significance of the kidney in diabetes Professor Ele Ferrannini Department of Internal Medicine University of Pisa School of Medicine Pisa, Italy Professor Paola Fioretto University of Padova Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences Padova, Italy Professor Per Henrik Groop University of Helsinki Folkhälsan Research Centre Helsinki, Finland Dr Thomas Hach TA Metabolism Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG Ingelheim, Germany Professor Michael Nauck Diabeteszentrum Bad Lauterberg Bad Lauterberg im Harz, Germany Dr Merlin Thomas Danielle Alberti Memorial Centre for Diabetic Complications Baker Medical Research Institute Melbourne,.