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Affiliation
Center For Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA.; Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität, München, Germany.; Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.; Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.; Center For Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA.; University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.; Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, USA.; Providence Medical Research Center, University of Washington, Spokane, Washington, USA.; Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.; Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.; Division of Nephrology and the Kidney Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Division of Hypertension and Kidney Diseases, Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.; Division of Nephrology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.; National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.; Department of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Authors
Bostom Andrew, Steubl Dominik, Garimella Pranav S, Franceschini Nora, Roberts Mary B, Pasch Andreas, Ix Joachim H, Tuttle Katherine R, Ivanova Anastasia, Shireman Theresa, Kim S Joseph, Gohh Reginald, Weiner Daniel E, Levey Andrew S, Hsu Chi-Yuan, Kusek John W, Eaton Charles B
Studies
Abstract
Uromodulin is a kidney-derived glycoprotein and putative tubular function index. Lower serum uromodulin was recently associated with increased risk for kidney allograft failure in a preliminary, longitudinal single-center -European study involving 91 kidney transplant recipients (KTRs).