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The prevalence of APOL1 gene variants in a cohort of renal disease patients in Western Saudi Arabia.
Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia - 1 Jan 2000
Adam Soheir, Badawi Maha, Zaher Galila, Alshehri Bandar, Basaeed Ahmed, Jelani Musharraf, Kashqari Abdullah
Abstract excerpt
Two variants for APOL1; the gastrointestinal (G1) variant (S342G and 1384M substitutions) and the G2 variant (N388 and Y389 deletions) have been previously described to be associated with renal disease. The prevalence of APOL1 variants in Saudi Arabia is unknown. We aimed to determine the prevalence of APOL1 variants in a cohort of patients with renal disease in Saudi Arabia. Patients with renal disease followed...
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