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APOL1 Genotype and Renal Function of Black Living Donors.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Apr 2018
Doshi Mona D, Ortigosa-Goggins Mariella, Garg Amit X, Li Lihua, Poggio Emilio D, Winkler Cheryl A, Kopp Jeffrey B
Abstract excerpt
Black living kidney donors are at higher risk of developing kidney disease than white donors. We examined the effect of the APOL1 high-risk genotype on postdonation renal function in black living kidney donors and evaluated whether this genotype alters the association between donation and donor outcome. We grouped 136 black living kidney donors as APOL1 high-risk (two risk alleles; n=19; 14%) or low-risk (one or...
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