Mineral metabolism: Racial differences in phosphorous excretion in CKD

Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 198 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2016.23 Author: Andrea Aguilar A new study shows an independent association between genetic African ancestry and level of urinary phosphorous excretion in African Americans with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In their analysis of 3,013 patients, Gutiérrez et al. found that each 10% higher percentage of African ancestry
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