According to CNN.com, African Americans, in general, develop more lupus nephritis than Caucasians. Even more, they are more likely to develop end stage renal disease given the same treatment as people who are not African American. Doctors believe lupus has a genetic component. Read More:
Renee Patterson's most precious present this Christmas won't be under her tree, and it didn't come from a store. This holiday, she says, she got her life back in a 26- patient kidney exchange
