Familial forms of nephrotic syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-252

  Caridi, Gianluca ^a   Trivelli, Antonella ^a   Sanna Cherchi, Simone ^b   Perfumo, Francesco ^a   Ghiggeri, Gian Marco ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular genetics; Nephrin; Nephrotic syndrome; Podocin; Podocytes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 4; CD2 ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NEPHRIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C EPSILON; PODOCIN; STEROID; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 6; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN;

ACTION MYOCLONUS RENAL FAILURE SYNDROME; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG RESPONSE; FRASIER SYNDROME; GALLOWAY MOWAT SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NAIL PATELLA SYNDROME; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; EDUCATION; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY;

FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY, MOLECULAR;

EID: 77950465577     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-1051-3     Document Type: Review

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