title: Should kidney donors be genotyped for APOL1 risk alleles?
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Nephrology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem,, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Barry I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Julian
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000235:genetics*; D000483:Alleles; D000075944:Apolipoprotein L1; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000235:genetics*; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000235:genetics; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement
chemical_list: C108666:APOL1 protein, human; D000075944:Apolipoprotein L1; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL
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