Alport retinopathy results from "severe" COL4A5 mutations and predicts early renal failure

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-38

  Tan, Rachel ^a   Colville, Deb ^a   Wang, Yan Yan ^a   Rigby, Lin ^a   Savige, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COL4A5 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; HAIR ROOT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENS DISEASE; LENTICONUS; MALE; MUTATOR GENE; ONSET AGE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERIMACULAR DOT AND FLECK RETINOPATHY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SKIN; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MUTATION; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749130327     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01030209     Document Type: Article

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