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Genetic susceptibility to renal scar formation after urinary tract infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of candidate gene polymorphisms.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jul 2011
Zaffanello Marco, Tardivo Stefano, Cataldi Luigi, Fanos Vassilios, Biban Paolo, Malerba Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
Identifying patients who may develop renal scarring after urinary tract infections (UTI) remains challenging, as clinical determinants explain only a portion of individual risk. An additional factor that likely affects risk is individual genetic variability. We searched for peer-reviewed articles from 1980 to December 2009 in electronic databases that reported results showing an association between gene...
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