title: Chronic kidney disease in African Americans: past, present, and future: introduction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of MedicineUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, AL.
authors.forename: Orlando M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Stephen G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rostand
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000208:ethnology*