Survival Advantage of African American Dialysis Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Causes Related to APOL1

Conclusions: These data suggest the hypothesis that the relative survival advantage of AA dialysis patients may be related toAPOL1 variation. Further large population-based genetic studies are required to test this hypothesis.Cardiorenal Med 2019;9:212 –221
Source: Cardiorenal Medicine - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research