Amyloidosis-related nephrotic syndrome due to a G654A gelsolin mutation: The first report from the Middle East

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 272-275

  Ardalan, Mohammad Reza ^a   Shoja, Mohammadali Mohajel ^b   Kiuru Enari, Sari ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Gelsolin; Iran; Mutation; Nephrotic syndrome; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA; GELSOLIN; GLYCINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GOITER; HOMOZYGOTE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRAN; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; MIDDLE EAST; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIGHT VISION; NYSTAGMUS; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RETINA DISEASE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SLIT LAMP; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; URINALYSIS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GELSOLIN; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE EAST; MUTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 33846029140     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl548     Document Type: Article

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