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APOL1 null alleles from a rural village in India do not correlate with glomerulosclerosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Johnstone Duncan B, Shegokar Vijay, Nihalani Deepak, Rathore Yogendra Singh, Mallik Leena, Ashish, Zare Vasant, Ikizler H Omer, Powar Rajaram, Holzman Lawrence B
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BACKGROUND: Among African-Americans, genome wide association revealed a strong correlation between the G1 and G2 alleles of APOL1 (apolipoproteinL1, also called trypanolytic factor) and kidney diseases including focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis, HIV-associated nephropathy and hypertensive n...
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