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Frasier syndrome: a cause of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in a 46,XX female.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Oct 1999
Demmer L, Primack W, Loik V, Brown R, Therville N, McElreavey K
Abstract excerpt
The description of Frasier syndrome until now has been restricted to XY females with gonadal dysgenesis, progressive glomerulopathy, and a significant risk of gonadoblastoma. Mutations in the donor splice site in intron 9 of the Wilms' tumor (WT1) gene have been shown to cause Frasier syndrome and are distinct from WT1 exon mutations associated with Denys-Drash syndrome. The WT1 gene, which is essential for...
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