Frasier syndrome: A cause of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in a 46,XX female

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2215-2218

  Demmer, Laurie ^a   Primack, William ^a,b   Loik, Valerie ^c   Brown, Rosalind ^a   Therville, Nicole ^d   Mcelreavey, Ken ^d  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Fallon Clinic   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; GONADOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032844181     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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