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Addressing the global burden of chronic kidney disease through clinical and translational research.
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association - 1 Jan 2014
Ojo Akinlolu
Abstract excerpt
Worldwide, an estimated 200 million people have chronic kidney disease (CKD). In the United States, African Americans (AAs) have a four-fold excess risk of CKD compared to non-Hispanic white people and globally, people in the low-to-middle income countries of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rates of CKD. Annually, more than 500,000 individuals develop end-stage renal disease (or CKD stage 5) in...
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