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.