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Collapsing glomerulopathy associated lupus in a black female with homozygous APOL1 mutation.
Lupus - 1 Nov 2012
Kofman T, Narjoz C, Raimbourg Q, Loriot M-A, Karras A, Roland M, Hill G, Jacquot C, Nochy D, Thervet E
Abstract excerpt
Collapsing glomerulopathy (CG), characterized by collapse of the glomerular capillary loops onto the mesangial stalks is rarely associated to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recently a genetic predisposition to HIV associated nephropathy (HIVAN) has been shown in Afro-Americans: MYH9 polymorhism in 2008 and then APOL1 variants (G1 and G2 alleles) in 2010 were shown to be strongly associated with HIVAN. We...
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