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Specific aspects of kidney care for Africans living in Europe.

Key takeaways

This review covers kidney care for people of African descent living in Europe, who are more likely than others to reach advanced kidney disease and kidney failure. The authors describe several causes stacking up: gene variants called APOL1 that raise risk, kidney damage from sickle cell disease, low birth weight, high rates of high blood pressure and diabetes, and repeated episodes of sudden kidney injury. It pulls together what is already known and offers care advice. There are no new results.

Who did this work

Ramnarine A · Uhegbu I · Iyamah E · Agyekum R · Musomba R · Cooper D · Bramham K

Source

Article · PubMed, Climate, heat and the kidney · 2026 Sep 3
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42690062/