Alport syndrome and benign familial hematuria (thin basement membrane disease) in two brothers of a family with hematuria

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-200

  Takemura, Tsukasa ^a   Yanagida, H ^a   Yagi, K ^a   Moriwaki, K ^a   Okada, M ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; Benign familial hematuria; Glomerular basement membrane; Type IV collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAMILY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HEMATURIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INHERITANCE; JAPAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; RELATIVE; SIBLING;

EID: 0141792951     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp60195     Document Type: Article

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