Takuya Fujimaru, Takayasu Mori, Motoko Chiga, Shintaro Mandai, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Fumiaki Ando, Yutaro Mori, Koichiro Susa, Yuta Nakano, Takao Shoji, Yuichiro Fukudome, Naoto Inaba, Kenichiro Kitamura, Taichi Nakanishi, Keiko Uchida, Toshihiro Kimura, Teiichi Tamura, Kiyoshi Ozawa, Shinichi Uchida, Eisei Sohara
INTRODUCTION: Kidney disease of unknown etiology accounts for 1 in 10 adult end-stage renal disease (ESRD) cases worldwide. The aim of this study is to clarify the genetic background of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) of unknown etiology who initiated renal replacement therapy (RRT) in adulthood. METHODS: This is a multicenter cross-sectional cohort study. Of the 1164 patients who attended 4 dialysis clinics in Japan, we first selected patients who started RRT between the ages of 20 and 49 years...
April 2024: KI Reports