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Recent progress in HIV-associated nephropathy.
Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 2012
Wyatt Christina M, Meliambro Kristin, Klotman Paul E
Abstract excerpt
The classic kidney disease of HIV infection, HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN), is an aggressive form of collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with accompanying tubular and interstitial lesions. HIVAN was first described among African-Americans and Haitian immigrants with advanced HIV disease, an early suggestion of a strong genetic association. This genetic susceptibility was recently linked to...
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