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Influence of common genetic variants on childhood kidney outcomes.
Pediatric research - 1 Jul 2016
Miliku Kozeta, Vogelezang Suzanne, Franco Oscar H, Hofman Albert, Jaddoe Vincent W V, Felix Janine F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Kidney measures in early life are associated with kidney disease in later life. We hypothesized that these associations are partly explained by common genetic variants that lead to both smaller kidneys with lower kidney function in early childhood and kidney disease in adulthood. METHODS: We examined in a population-based prospective cohort study among 4,119 children the associations of a weighted...
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