Alport syndrome and the X chromosome: Implications of a diagnosis of Alport syndrome in females

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1499-1505

  Kashtan, Clifford E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; Basement membranes; Type IV collagen; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ALPORT SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY;

EID: 34447573030     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm024     Document Type: Note

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