Molecular analysis of NPHS2 and ACTN4 genes in a series of 33 Italian patients affected by adult-onset nonfamilial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Aucella, Filippo ^a   De Bonis, Patrizia ^a   Gatta, Giuseppe ^a   Muscarella, Lucia Anna ^a   Vigilante, Mimmo ^a   Di Giorgio, Giuseppe ^a   D'Errico, Michele ^a   Zelante, Leopoldo ^a   Stallone, Carmine ^a   Bisceglia, Luigi ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actinin 4; Denaturing high performance liquid chromatography; Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Podocin

Indexed keywords

ACTN4 GENE; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRON; ITALY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NPHS2 GENE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEINURIA;

ACTININ; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EXONS; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 19944433699     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082864     Document Type: Article

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