"Treasure your exceptions": Recent advances in molecular genetics of glomerular disease

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-99

  Ciechanowicz, Andrzej ^a   Brodkiewicz, Andrzej ^a   Bińczak Kuleta, Agnieszka ^a   Parczewski, Miłosz ^a   Czekalski, Stanisław ^b  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gene mutation; Glomerular filtration barrier; Monogenic glomerulopathy; Renal hypodysplasia

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449084995     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03195253     Document Type: Review

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