Association of variants at UMOD with chronic kidney disease and kidney stones-role of age and comorbid diseases.

Association of variants at UMOD with chronic kidney disease and kidney stones-role of age and comorbid diseases.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem that is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. To search for sequence variants that associate with CKD, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) that included a total of 3,203 Icelandic cases and 38,782 contro...

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Main Authors: Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Hilma Holm, Olafur S Indridason, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Vidar Edvardsson, Patrick Sulem, Femmie de Vegt, Frank C H d'Ancona, Martin den Heijer, Jack F M Wetzels, Leifur Franzson, Thorunn Rafnar, Kristleifur Kristjansson, Unnur S Bjornsdottir, Gudmundur I Eyjolfsson, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Augustine Kong, Runolfur Palsson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2912386?pdf=render

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