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Genetic and epigenetic risk factors for diabetic kidney disease.
Advances in chronic kidney disease - 1 May 2014
McKnight Amy Jayne, McKay Gareth J, Maxwell Alexander P
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes is increasing at daunting rates worldwide, and approximately 40% of affected individuals will develop kidney complications. Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease, and there are significant healthcare costs providing appropriate renal replacement therapies to affected individuals. For several decades, investigators have sought to discover inherited risk factors and...
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