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The same mutation affecting the splicing of WT1 gene is present on Frasier syndrome patients with or without Wilms' tumor.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1999
Barbosa A S, Hadjiathanasiou C G, Theodoridis C, Papathanasiou A, Tar A, Merksz M, Györvári B, Sultan C, Dumas R, Jaubert F, Niaudet P, Moreira-Filho C A, Cotinot C, Fellous M
Abstract excerpt
Denys-Drash and Frasier syndromes are rare human disorders that associate nephropathy with gonadal and genital abnormalities. In DDS there is a predisposition to Wilms' tumor. Heterozygous point mutations in the Wilms' tumor, type1 gene (WT1), particularly those altering the zinc finger (ZF) encoding exons, have been reported in most DDS patients, while mutations in intron 9 of the same gene cause FS. This paper...
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