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Ethnicity and renal replacement therapy.
Blood purification - 1 Jan 2010
Feehally John
Abstract excerpt
There are significant ethnic variations in the incidence of kidney disease. White European populations appear to be uniquely protected compared to increased incidences of end-stage renal disease in indigenous and migrant ethnic minority populations. This increase is partly explained by a high prevalence of diabetic nephropathy, but there is also an increased susceptibility to a range of other renal diseases. The...
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