Epidemiology: Sickle cell trait increases ESRD risk
Nature Reviews Nephrology 13, 262 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrneph.2017.48
Author: Shimona Starling
The risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is higher in people of African ancestry than in those of European ancestry, but whether sickle cell trait (SCT), which is relatively common in black individuals, is a risk factor for ESRD is unclear. Naik et al
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