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Inaccuracy of clinical phenotyping parameters for hypertensive nephrosclerosis.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Nov 2000
Zarif L, Covic A, Iyengar S, Sehgal A R, Sedor J R, Schelling J R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Multiple studies suggest that hypertension-induced end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is heritable. Identification of nephropathy susceptibility genes absolutely requires accurate phenotyping, but the clinical hypertensive nephrosclerosis (HN) phenotype is poorly characterized. We hypothesized that many patients with HN as the indicated cause of ESRD on the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) 2728...
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