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Affiliation
University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Los Angeles, California.; University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Los Angeles, California.; Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Authors
Nguyen Anthony, Suen Sze-Chuan, Lin Eugene
Studies
Abstract
Patients with a high-risk Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) genotype are more likely to develop chronic kidney disease and kidney failure. It is unclear whether this increased risk is entirely mediated by the development of proteinuria.