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Incorporating genetic testing into a routine kidney clinic.
Clin Nephrol ; 102: 25-31, 2024 Jul.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38660889
ABSTRACT
Incorporating genetic testing in routine outpatient nephrology clinic can improve on chronic kidney disease (CKD) diagnosis and utilization of precision medicine. We sent a genetic test on patients with atypical presentation of common kidney diseases, electrolytes derangements, and cystic kidney diseases. We were able to identify a gene variant contributing to patients' kidney disease in more than half of our cohort. We then showed that patients with ApoL1 risk allele have likely worse kidney disease, and we were able to confirm genetic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in 2 patients and avoid unnecessary immunosuppression. Genetic testing has also improved our operation to establish a polycystic kidney disease excellence center by confirming our diagnosis, especially in patients without a well-defined family history. In conclusion, utilizing genetic testing in a routine outpatient renal clinic did not cause any burden to either patients or nephrologists, with minimal administrative effort and no financial cost to our patients. We expect that genetic testing in the right setting should become routine in nephrology to achieve a patient-centered precision medicine with less invasive means of kidney disease diagnosis.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Testes Genéticos Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Clin Nephrol Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Alemanha

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Testes Genéticos Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Clin Nephrol Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Alemanha