Race and kidney disease outcomes: Genes or environment?

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3461-3463

  Ramirez, Sylvia ^a,b  

^a University Renal Research and Education Association   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HLA ANTIGEN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ASIAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MICROALBUMINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ALBUMINURIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALBUMINURIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33645938323     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2005101037     Document Type: Editorial

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