HLA associations in IgA nephropathy and focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis.

doi:10.1016/s0272-6386(12)80996-6

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HLA associations in IgA nephropathy and focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Mar 1994

Freedman B I, Spray B J, Heise E R

Abstract excerpt

Twenty percent of patients initiating Medicare-supported end-stage renal disease (ESRD) therapy in the United States have chronic glomerulonephritis-induced ESRD. IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) likely account for many of these incident dialysis cases, alt...

Topics

Black People
Glomerulonephritis, IGA
Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental
HLA Antigens
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Linear Models
Odds Ratio
Phenotype
White People
Black or African American

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