Admixture mapping of end stage kidney disease genetic susceptibility using estimated mutual information ancestry informative markers

• Main Authors: Geiger Dan (Author), Templeton Alan (Author), Yudkovsky Guennady (Author), Wasser Walter G (Author), Bercovici Sivan (Author), Shlush Liran I (Author), Skorecki Karl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The question of a genetic contribution to the higher prevalence and incidence of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) among African Americans (AA) remained unresolved, until recent findings using admixture mapping pointed to the associati...