Familial steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome in Southern Israel: Clinical and genetic observations

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 661-669

  Landau, Daniel ^a,c   Oved, Tal ^a   Geiger, Dan ^b   Abizov, Luba ^a   Shalev, Hanna ^a,c   Parvari, Ruti ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Chromosome mapping; Consanguinity; Jews; Lipoid; Nephrosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ARAB; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PEDIGREE;

EID: 34247897032     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0409-7     Document Type: Article

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