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Causes

The cause of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is usually unknown.

Known causes include:

• Heroin use
• HIV
• Inherited genetic problems
• Obesity
• Reflux nephropathy (a condition in which urine flows backward from the bladder to the kidney)
• Sickle cell disease