Genetics of the nephrotic syndrome

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-134

  Salomon, Rémi ^a   Gubler, Marie Claire ^a   Niaudet, Patrick ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 17; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FINLAND; GENES, WILMS TUMOR; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINS; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034103312     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200004000-00008     Document Type: Review

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