Opinion: Ocular features aid the diagnosis of Alport syndrome

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 356-360

  Savige, Judy ^a   Colville, Deb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPORT SYNDROME; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXAMINATION; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; LENS DISEASE; NEPHRITIS; RETINA DISEASE;

HUMANS; LENS DISEASES; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 68549085536     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2009.65     Document Type: Review

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