NPHS2 mutation associated with recurrence of proteinuria after transplantation

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 561-564

  Billing, Heiko ^a   Müller, Dominik ^a   Ruf, Rainer ^b   Lichtenberger, Anne ^b   Hildebrandt, Friedhelm ^b   August, Christian ^c   Querfeld, Uwe ^a   Haffner, Dieter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Nephrotic syndrome; NPHS2 gene; Podocin; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PODOCIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RAMIPRIL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA ISOLATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EXON; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; DNA; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 2342646169     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1408-6     Document Type: Article

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