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Associations between genetic risk variants for kidney diseases and kidney disease etiology.
Scientific reports - 24 Oct 2017
Wunnenburger Sebastian, Schultheiss Ulla T, Walz Gerd, Hausknecht Birgit, Ekici Arif B, Kronenberg Florian, Eckardt Kai-Uwe, Köttgen Anna, Wuttke Matthias
Abstract excerpt
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health problem with a genetic component. Genome-wide association studies have identified variants associated with specific CKD etiologies, but their genetic overlap has not been well studied. This study examined SNP associations across different CKD etiologies and CKD stages using data from 5,034 CKD patients of the German Chronic Kidney Disease study. In addition to...
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