NGAL as an early biomarker of kidney disease in Joubert syndrome: Three brothers compared

Renal Failure

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-498

  Lacquaniti, Antonio ^a   Chirico, Valeria ^a   Donato, Valentina ^a   Briuglia, Silvana ^a   Cernaro, Valeria ^a   Gallizzi, Romina ^a   Salpietro, Carmelo Damiano ^a   Buemi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ciliopathies; Joubert syndrome; Nephronophthisis; Neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIPOCALINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RETINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859613450     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0886022X.2011.649677     Document Type: Article

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