On Arguments of Race and Estimated GFR
A Special Report published in AJKD highlights an interim report from the joint NKF/ASN Task Force on the inclusion of race in diagnosing kidney disease. eGFR estimation [...]
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Highlights from the June 2021 Issue
Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]
Can We Predict Kidney Disease?
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future” – Danish Physicist Niels Bohr, also attributed to Yogi Berra, NY Yankees There is something about [...]
ERA-EDTA 2015: Genetics & Kidney Disease
The 52nd ERA-EDTA Congress is taking place from May 28-31, 2015, in London, United Kingdom, and is being held jointly with the ERA-EDTA (European Renal Association – [...]
AJKD Call for Papers on Public Health
Today is the 9th World Kidney Day, a yearly worldwide effort “to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health and to reduce the frequency and [...]
Recent Progress Using Modern Genetic Tools to Understand Kidney Disease
A number of genetic risk variants, including APOL1 and UMOD, have recently been identified using a variety of genetic tools. A Core Curriculum on this topic published in the [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Hepatitis C and the Kidney
In a recent article in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Fabrizi et al review hepatitis C virus and kidney disease with focus on cryoglobulinemia. The following [...]
Anorexia Nervosa and the Nephrologists
In a narrative review in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Dr. Antoine Bouquegneau and colleagues discuss anorexia nervosa (AN) and the kidney. Electrolyte disorders [...]