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The spectrum of MYH9-associated nephropathy.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - 1 Jun 2010
Bostrom Meredith A, Freedman Barry I
Abstract excerpt
Causes of the excess incidence rates of chronic kidney disease in the African American population have long been under study. Recently, polymorphisms in the nonmuscle myosin heavy chain 9 gene (MYH9) have been associated with nondiabetic kidney diseases in African- and European-derived populations. Risk variants in MYH9 contribute to approximately 70% of nondiabetic forms of ESRD in African Americans and 40 to...
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