The same mutation affecting the splicing of WT1 gene is present on frasier syndrome patients with or without Wilms' tumor

Human Mutation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 146-153

  Barbosa, Angela S ^a,b   Hadjiathanasiou, Charalambos G ^c   Theodoridis, Charalambos ^c   Papathanasiou, Astéroula ^c   Tar, Attila ^d   Merksz, Miklós ^e   Györvári, Borbála ^f   Sultan, Charles ^g   Dumas, Robert ^g   Jaubert, Francis ^h   Niaudet, Patrick ^h   Moreira Filho, Carlos A ^a   Cotinot, Corinne ^b   Fellous, Marc ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Dept of Pediatric Endocrinology Aglaia Kyriakou Athens Children's H ^*  (Greece)

^d Buda Children's Hospital   (Hungary)

^e HEIM PÁL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^f SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^g HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^h HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Denys Drash syndrome; Frasier syndrome; Wilms' tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0032913826     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1999)13:2<146::AID-HUMU7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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