New loci associated with kidney function and...

New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease

Abstract

Caroline Fox and colleagues report results of a large genome-wide association meta-analysis and replication study for indices of renal function. Their work identifies 13 new loci associated with renal function and 7 loci associated with creatinine production and secretion.

Authors

Köttgen A; Pattaro C; Böger CA; Fuchsberger C; Olden M; Glazer NL; Parsa A; Gao X; Yang Q; Smith AV

Journal

Nature Genetics, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 376–384

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

May 1, 2010

DOI

10.1038/ng.568

ISSN

1061-4036

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Guillaume Pare

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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