Genetic factors in progressive renal disease: the good ones, the bad ones and the ugly ducklings
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Genetic factors in progressive renal disease: the good ones, the bad ones and the ugly ducklings.
Worldwide, >1 million people have developed endstage renal disease (ESRD) and need renal replacement therapy. ESRD is secondary to a broad range of diseases that include diabetic nephropathy and focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. The rate of progression to ESRD varies among patients suffering from kidney diseases, and is to a large extent determined by genetic factors. We will discuss stud...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1460-2385,0931-0509
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi325