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Racial variation in human leukocyte antigen frequency in insulin-dependent diabetic nephropathy. The South-Eastern Organ Procurement Foundation.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Feb 1993
Freedman B I, Espeland M A, Heise E R, Evans J, Canzanello V J
Abstract excerpt
Black patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus are at increased risk for the development of diabetic nephropathy compared with white patients. To determine if genetic differences associated with the HLA system account for racial variation in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus-induced nephropathy, serologically defined HLA phenotypes from renal transplant recipients and donors in the South-Eastern Organ...
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