NPHS2 mutations

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-138

  Bakr, Ashraf ^a,b   Yehia, Soheir ^b   El Ghannam, Doaa ^b   Hammad, Ayman ^a   Ragab, Mohamed ^a   Sarhan, Amr ^a   Al Husseni, Fatma ^b   Al Morsy, Zakaria ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egyptian children; Nephrotic syndrome; Non familial; NPHS2 mutations; Steroid resistant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NPHS2 GENE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; INFANT; MUTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PODOCIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 44649117979     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-008-0020-y     Document Type: Article

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