A milder variant of Pierson syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-327

  Kagan, Mikhail ^a   Cohen, Arthur H ^b   Matejas, Verena ^c   Vlangos, Christopher ^d   Zenker, Martin ^c  

^a Orenburg Regional Children's Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital nephrotic syndrome; Glomerular basement membrane; Laminin 2; Microcoria; Myopia

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASPARAGINE; CAPTOPRIL; INDOMETACIN; LAMININ GAMMA1;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MALFORMATION; HEMATURIA; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYOPIA; NEWBORN; PIERSON SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BLINDNESS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LAMININ; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 38349059239     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0624-x     Document Type: Article

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