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Gene polymorphism association studies in dialysis: cardiovascular disease.
Seminars in dialysis - 1 Jan 2000
Rao Madhumathi, Jaber Bertrand L, Balakrishnan Vaidyanathapuram S
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients. The high prevalence of CVD is due to the cumulative effects of multiple risk factors from the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Familial predispositions to CVD, CKD, and their respective risk factors are well known, and it is likely that genetic factors determine the interindividual variability in...
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