Article
HLA associations in end-stage renal disease due to membranous glomerulonephritis: HLA-DR3 associations with progressive renal injury. Southeastern Organ Procurement Foundation.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Jun 1994
Freedman B I, Spray B J, Dunston G M, Heise E R
Abstract excerpt
Membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) is the most common cause of idiopathic glomerulonephritis in American adults. African-Americans develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to chronic glomerulonephritis four times more often than whites. To determine whether HLA phenotype associations existed i...
Topics
- Black People
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranous
- HLA-DR3 Antigen
- HLA-DR5 Antigen
- Humans
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
- Phenotype
- White People
- Black or African American
