Donor splice-site mutations in WT1 are responsible for Frasier syndrome

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 467-470

  Barbaux, Sandrine ^a   Niaudet, Patrick ^b   Gubler, Marie Claire ^b   Grünfeld, Jean Pierre ^b   Jaubert, Francis ^b   Kuttenn, Frédérique ^b   Fékété, Claire Nihoul ^b   Souleyreau Therville, Nicole ^a   Thibaud, Elisabeth ^b   Fellous, Marc ^a   McElreavey, Ken ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; DONOR; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; MUTATION; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 16944365351     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1297-467     Document Type: Article

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