Open AccessYou Are Just Now Telling Us About This? African American Perspectives of Testing for Genetic Susceptibility to Kidney Disease
Author(s) -
Ebele M. Umeukeje,
Bessie A. Young,
Stephanie M. Fullerton,
Kerri L. Cavanaugh,
Delia Owens,
James G. Wilson,
Wylie Burke,
Erika Blacksher
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.451
H-Index - 279
eISSN - 1533-3450
pISSN - 1046-6673
DOI - 10.1681/asn.2018111091
Subject(s) - kidney disease , genetic testing , medicine , disease , african american , kidney transplantation , gerontology , family medicine , kidney , pathology , sociology , ethnology
Variants of the APOL1 gene, which encodes apo L1, confer increased risk for CKD, ESKD, and reduced cadaveric kidney transplant survival, and likely contribute to kidney disease disparities among African American individuals in the United States. To date, few studies have gathered African Americans
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