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African American hypertensive nephropathy maps to a new locus on chromosome 9q31-q32.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 2003
Chung Ki Wha, Ferrell Robert E, Ellis Demetrius, Barmada Michael, Moritz Michael, Finegold David N, Jaffe Ronald, Vats Abhay
Abstract excerpt
Hypertensive nephropathy (HN) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) are significant causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), but no genes or loci have been associated with this phenotype among African Americans, a group at high risk. We performed a genomewide linkage scan with approximat...
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