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The importance of family history on the development of renal disease.
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension - 1 May 2004
Satko Scott G, Freedman Barry I
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Family history of end-stage renal disease is an important risk factor for the subsequent development of nephropathy. Multiply-affected families with members demonstrating end-stage renal disease often contain individuals with disparate etiologies of renal disease. These observations have led to the search for nephropathy susceptibility genes. RECENT FINDINGS: Genetic loci associated with...
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