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Renal vascular sclerosis is associated with inherited thrombophilias.
Kidney international - 1 Aug 2006
Goforth R L, Rennke H, Sethi S
Abstract excerpt
Vascular sclerosis is often seen in renal biopsies. It is usually associated with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking, etc. However, whether inherited thrombophilic states such as factor V gene mutation, prothrombin gene mutation, and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene mutation are associated with the vascular sclerosis is not known. Renal biopsies that showed vascular disease were grouped into...
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