Type VII collagen in Alport syndrome

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3501-3507

  Giannakakis, Konstantinos ^a   Massella, Laura ^b   Grassetti, Daniele ^c   Dotta, Francesco ^d   Perez, Marie ^e   Muda, Andrea Onetti ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; Confocal microscopy; Dermoepidermal junction; RNA analysis; Type VII collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 7; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN TYPE VII; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; SKIN;

EID: 36749074024     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm481     Document Type: Article

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