Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 174-177 , April 2006

On the Origin of Genetics and Beginnings of Medical Genetics of Diseases of the Kidney

  • Garabed Eknoyan

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to G. Eknoyan, MD, Department of Medicine (523-D), Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030.

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    Stone panel from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Assyria (ca. 880 B.C.). Bird-headed creatures holding buckets and cones artificially pollinating the so-called sacred tree. (Reprinte

    Stone panel from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Assyria (ca. 880 B.C.). Bird-headed creatures holding buckets and cones artificially pollinating the so-called sacred tree. (Reprinted with permission. Photo credit: HIP/Art Resource, NY. British Museum, London, UK.)

PII: S1548-5595(06)00005-X

doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2006.01.004

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 174-177 , April 2006

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