APOL1 risk alleles among individuals with CKD in Northern Tanzania: A pilot study

John W. Stanifer; Francis Karia; Venance Maro; Kajiru Kilonzo; Xuejun Qin; Uptal D. Patel; Elizabeth R. Hauser

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181811

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APOL1 risk alleles among individuals with CKD in Northern Tanzania: A pilot study

John W. Stanifer ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: john.stanifer@duke.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Duke University; Durham, NC United States of America, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University; Durham, NC United States of America, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University; Durham, NC United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6379-300X

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Francis Karia,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College; Moshi, Tanzania
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Venance Maro,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College; Moshi, Tanzania
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Kajiru Kilonzo,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College; Moshi, Tanzania
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Xuejun Qin,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine; Durham NC United States of America
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Uptal D. Patel,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University; Durham, NC United States of America
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Elizabeth R. Hauser

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Duke University; Durham, NC United States of America, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University School of Medicine; Durham NC United States of America, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine; Durham, NC United States of America
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APOL1 risk alleles among individuals with CKD in Northern Tanzania: A pilot study

John W. Stanifer,
Francis Karia,
Venance Maro,
Kajiru Kilonzo,
Xuejun Qin,
Uptal D. Patel,
Elizabeth R. Hauser

Published: July 21, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181811

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