Novel COL4A3 Mutations in African American Siblings With Autosomal Recessive Alport Syndrome

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Cook, Christine ^a   Friedrich, Christopher A ^b   Baliga, Radhakrishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; kidney failure; kidney transplant; mutation detection

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COL4A3 GENE; COL4A4 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIGREE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AUTOANTIGENS; CHILD; CODON, NONSENSE; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY;

EID: 43049119341     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.09.028     Document Type: Article

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