Frasier syndrome, part of the Denys Drash continuum or simply a WT1 gene associated disorder of intersex and nephropathy?

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 519-524

  Koziell, A ^b   Charmandari, Evangelia ^a,c   Hindmarsh, P C ^a   Rees, L ^b   Scambler, P ^b   Brook, C G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; INTRON; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADOLESCENT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; POINT MUTATION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 0034062236     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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