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A population-based assessment of the familial component of chronic kidney disease mortality.
American journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2006
Goldfarb-Rumyantzev Alexander S, Cheung Alfred K, Habib Arsalan N, Wang Ben-Jr, Lin Shih-Jui, Baird Bradley C, Naiman Natalie, Cannon-Albright Lisa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: While the familial nature of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been recognized, it has primarily been defined from studies of first-degree relatives of selected sets of cases. The goal of this study is an evaluation of the familial clustering of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and CKD mortality using a population-based genealogy of Utah. This is the first population-based analysis of the familial...
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