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Kidney disease, genotype and the pathogenesis of vasculopathy.
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension - 1 Jan 2003
Hayden Patrick S, Iyengar Sudha K, Schelling Jeffrey R, Sedor John R
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The two leading causes of end-stage renal disease in the United States are diabetes mellitus and hypertensive nephrosclerosis, accounting for over two-thirds of all cases. In many patients both diseases are associated with small- and large-vessel disease, commonly attributed to hypertension or accelerated atherosclerosis. Recent investigations, however, have suggested that renal large-vessel...
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