Specific podocin mutations determine age of onset of nephrotic syndrome all the way into adult life

Kidney International

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 669-671

  Hildebrandt, Friedhelm ^a,b,c   Heeringa, Saskia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PODOCIN; STEROID;

ALLELE; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NOTE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEINURIA; RECESSIVE GENE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 62349086524     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.693     Document Type: Note

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