Thin basement membrane nephropathy: Is there genetic predisposition to more severe disease?

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 877-879

  Deltas, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4 ALPHA3 ALPHA4 DOMAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPORT SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEMATURIA; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; THIN BASEMENT MEMBRANE NEPHROPATHY;

ANTI-GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY;

EID: 61549121718     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-1042-4     Document Type: Letter

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