A familial case of mitochondrial disease resembling Alport syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-163

  Fujii, Hayahiko ^a   Mori, Yoshihiro ^a   Kayamori, Kou ^a   Igari, Toru ^a   Ito, Eisaku ^a   Akashi, Takumi ^a   Noguchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Kitamura, Ken ^a   Okado, Tomokazu ^a   Terada, Yoshio ^a   Kanda, Eiichiro ^a   Rai, Tatemitsu ^a   Uchida, Shinichi ^a   Sasaki, Sei ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; Hearing loss; MELAS; Mitochondria DNA; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEINURIA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; PEDIGREE; PROTEINURIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 40849100086     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-007-0022-5     Document Type: Article

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