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Today is AMKD Awareness Day. APOL1-mediated kidney disease (AMKD) is a genetic kidney disease that can start at a younger age and advance faster than other kidney diseases. Early diagnosis of AMKD can potentially delay the need for dialysis or a kidney transplant, so it’s important to become #APOL1Aware. People of certain African descent, including those who are Black, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, or Latino/ Latina, are more likely to have APOL1 gene variants (mutations), that in turn put them at higher risk for AMKD. Learn more about AMKD and join the @American Kidney Fund in AMKD Awareness Day: kidneyfund.org/APOL1aware.
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