Autosomal-dominant Alport syndrome: Natural history of a disease due to COL4A3 or COL4A4 gene

Kidney International

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1598-1603

  Pescucci, Chiara ^b   Mari, Francesca ^b   Longo, Ilaria ^b   Vogiatzi, Paraskevi ^b   Caselli, Rossella ^b   Scala, Elisa ^b   Abaterusso, Cataldo ^b   Gusmano, Rosanna ^b   Seri, Marco ^b   Miglietti, Nunzia ^b   Bresin, Elena ^b   Renieri, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant Alport syndrome; Collagen IV genes; Incomplete penetrance; Inherited nephropathy; Phenotypic variability

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPORT SYNDROME; AUTOMATION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATURIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 2342647451     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00560.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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