What’s behind racial disparities in kidney disease? ...Middle East

My first exposure to kidney disease and its impact on communities of color occurred when I was in high school. An elderly neighbor, who was like a grandfather to me, had been diagnosed with kidney failure. At about the same time, my older first cousin, who had children about my age, was starting dialysis due to kidney failure attributed to hypertension. She would go on to get a kidney transplant. If you ask any African American, he or she is likely to have at least one relative with kidney disease requiring dialysis or transplantation. Disparities in kidney disease not noted in medical literature until early 1980s When I began my training in nephrology (kidney disease) in 1993 in Birmingham,

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