The articles in this Special Collection highlight various types of disparities that impact patients with kidney diseases and call attention to more research that is necessary to achieve the goal of global health equity.

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A Case of ADPKD With Resolution of Massive Pericardial Effusion After Renal Transcatheter Artery Embolization

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In The Literature (Nature Communications) by Ashima Gulati and Marva Moxey-Mims:

Defining Risk in APOL1-Associated Kidney Disease: The Story is Evolving!

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@AJKDOnline: Julia Scialla
@Kidneymed: Dan Weiner
Journal of Renal Nutrition: Linda Moore

The tournament portion of #NephMadness 2024 is over, and the #AJKDBlog will return to regular programming next month!

Until then, catch up on the Top Ten Posts of 2023:

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Pascale Khairallah Timothy Yau

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Acute pyelonephritis with intratubular aggregates of neutrophils and surrounding interstitial inflammation composed of a mixture of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and plasma cells (Jones silver stain)

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CKRT and Survival in Children and Young Adults

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Michelle Starr MD MPH Kat Gist Huaiyu Zang Nicholas Ollberding shanthi Eileen Ciccia, MD
Aadil Kakajiwala Melissa Muff-Luett Cara Slagle, MD Tennille Webb-Humphries, MD, MSPH Shina_Menon
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⚡️AJKD Express is an expedited consideration process for full-length original research articles: Authors of eligible #AJKDExpress articles will be notified of decision within 7-16 business days.⚡️

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Quiz from the archive (Apr 2020):

What is the differential diagnosis of elevated Scr level during testosterone treatment? What is the natural evolution of Scr levels in female-to-male transgender patients?

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Ankur Shah @Brown_Kidney

The May 2024 issue: buff.ly/4db3NUX

Highlights:
- Plant-Based Diets & CKD Progression
- Kidney Function Decline & Adverse Drug Reactions
- Change in NT-proBNP & Kidney Function Decline
- Equity & Xenotransplantation
- Patient-Centered Quality Measures for Dialysis

One of the messages of this review: if you are following a patient with PV and CKD and she/he develops anemia, do not give EPO or iron, instead lower the dose of hydroxyurea or ruxolitinib.

AJKD Namrata Krishnan Dennis Moledina, MD PhD Yale Nephrology Congratulations to Namrata and Dennis on a very nice AJKD Core Curriculum!

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Living With a Rare Glomerular Disease: A Call to Action for Early Diagnosis and Innovation in Treatment

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Peritoneal Dialysis Technique Survival: A Cohort Study

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Caroline Hsu Dan Weiner ChristosArgyropoulos MD, PhD PharmanukerInChief Tufts Medical Center Nephrology Team Tufts Medical Center #VisualAbstract

Precision Medicine in Nephrology: An Integrative Framework of Multidimensional Data in the Kidney Precision Medicine Project

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Tarek M. Ashkar (El-Achkar) Michael Eadon Matthias Kretzler Jonathan Himmelfarb Kidney Precision Medicine Project IU Nephrology and Hypertension