Association of preeclampsia with infant APOL1 genotype in African Americans

• Main Authors: Anna K. Miller (Author), Timur Azhibekov (Author), John F. O'Toole (Author), John R. Sedor (Author), Scott M. Williams (Author), Raymond W. Redline (Author), Leslie A. Bruggeman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Black women in the United States and Africa are at an increased risk for preeclampsia. Allelic variants in the gene for apolipoprotein LI, APOL1, are found only in populations of African ancestry, and have been shown to contribute significant risk for kidney disease. Recent studi...