Sickle cell trait is not risk factor for kidney disease: Study contradicts earlier findings

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers report that sickle cell trait is not a risk factor for the development of severe kidney disease in African-Americans. The study contradicts findings from a 2010 study that first suggested that having one copy of the sickle cell gene was a kidney disease risk factor.

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