Effects of renal transplantation on hearing and ocular changes in a monozygotic twin with Alport's syndrome: Comparison with other twin on hemodialysis

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-206

  Šefer, Siniša ^a   Trotić, Robert ^a   Lacmanović, Valentina ^a   Degoricia, Vesna ^a   Ratković Gusić, Iva ^a   Kes, Petar ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alport's syndrome; Hearing impairment; Hemodialysis; Kidney failure, chronic; Monozygotic twins; Nephritis, hereditary; Ocular changes; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE REPORT; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RETINA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; DISEASES IN TWINS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETINAL DISEASES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034100220     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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