Genetic heterogeneity in Italian families with IgA nephropathy: Suggestive linkage for two novel IgA nephropathy loci

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1130-1134

  Bisceglia, Luigi ^a   Cerullo, Giuseppina ^b   Forabosco, Paola ^c,d   Torres, Diletta Domenica ^b   Scolari, Francesco ^e   Di Perna, Michele ^a   Foramitti, Marina ^e   Amoroso, Antonio ^f   Bertok, Sara ^g   Floege, Jürgen ^h   Mertens, Peter Rene ^h   Zerres, Klaus ^h   Alexopoulos, Efstathios ⁱ   Kirmizis, Dimitrios ⁱ   Ermelinda, Mazzucco ^a   Zelante, Leopoldo ^a   Schena, Francesco Paolo ^b  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^h RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845227377     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510135     Document Type: Article

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