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Genetic predisposition to acute kidney injury--a systematic review.
BMC nephrology - 2 Dec 2015
Vilander Laura M, Kaunisto Mari A, Pettilä Ville
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The risk of an individual to develop an acute kidney injury (AKI), or its severity, cannot be reliably predicted by common clinical risk factors. Whether genetic risk factors have an explanatory role poses an interesting question, however. Thus, we conducted a systematic literature review regarding genetic predisposition to AKI or outcome of AKI patients. METHODS: We searched Ovid SP (MEDLINE) and...
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