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Affiliation
Diabetes and Arthritis Epidemiology Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Authors
Coresh J, Elston RC, Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group, Freedman BI, Iyengar SK, Kimmel PL, Knowler WC, Olson JM, Plaetke R, Sedor JR, Seldin MF
Studies
Citation
Knowler WC, Coresh J, Elston RC, Freedman BI, Iyengar SK, Kimmel PL, Olson JM, Plaetke R, Sedor JR, Seldin MF, Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group. The Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND): design and methods. J Diabetes Complications 2005 Jan-Feb;19(1):1-9.Abstract
The Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND) is a multicenter study designed to identify genetic determinants of diabetic nephropathy. It is conducted in eight U.S. clinical centers and a coordinating center, and with four ethnic groups (European Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and American Indians). Two strategies are used to localize susceptibility genes: a family-based linkage study and a case-control study using mapping by admixture linkage disequilibrium (MALD).