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Mother-to-child transmitted WT1 splice-site mutation is responsible for distinct glomerular diseases.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Oct 1999
Denamur E, Bocquet N, Mougenot B, Da Silva F, Martinat L, Loirat C, Elion J, Bensman A, Ronco P M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene (WT1) are linked with Denys-Drash syndrome (DDS), a rare childhood disease characterized by diffuse mesangial sclerosis and renal failure of early onset, XY pseudohermaphroditism, and high risk of Wilms' tumor. KTS (lysine-threonine-serine) splice site mutations in WT1 intron 9 have been described in patients with Frasier syndrome, another rare syndrome defined by...
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