APOL1 risk variants and kidney disease: what we know so far
ABSTRACT There are striking differences in chronic kidney disease between Caucasians and African descendants. It was widely accepted that this occurred due to socioeconomic factors, but recent studies show that apolipoprotein L-1 (APOL1) gene variants are strongly associated with focal segmental glo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
2018-07-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Nephrology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002018005022101&lng=en&tlng=en |