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Haptoglobin phenotype among patients with IgA nephropathy: Impact on disease progression and response to treatment.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Nov 2020
Habbashe Nayef, Kinaneh Safa, Hassan Kamal, Armaly Zaher
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is characterized by proteinuria, hypertension, and decreased glomerular filtration rate at the time of diagnosis. However, the underlying mechanism is still obscure. The impact of haptoglobin (Hp) phenotype, as a genetic risk factor, on the progression of IgAN has not been studied yet. The current study examines whether Hp phenotype influences IgAN progression and response to...
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