Benign familial hematuria due to mutation of the type IV collagen α4 gene

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1114-1118

  Lemmink, Henny H ^a   Nillesen, Willy N ^a   Mochizuki, Toshio ^b   Schröder, Cornelis H ^a   Brunner, Han G ^a   Van Oost, Bernard A ^a,c   Monnens, Leo A H ^a   Smeets, Hubert J M ^a,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; basement membrane; collagen; hematuria; mutation analysis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ADULT; AGED; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HEMATURIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029738295     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118893     Document Type: Article

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