Improved prognosis for congenital nephrotic syndrome of the Finnish type in Irish families

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 466-469

  Savage, J M ^a   Jefferson, J A ^a   Maxwell, A P ^a   Hughes, A E ^b   Shanks, J H ^c   Gill, D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Congenital nephrotic syndrome; Linkage; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032951990     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.80.5.466     Document Type: Article

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