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Clinical and molecular heterogeneity of juvenile nephronophthisis in Italy: insights from molecular screening.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Jan 2000
Caridi G, Dagnino M, Gusmano R, Ginevri F, Murer L, Ghio L, Piaggio G, Ciardi M R, Perfumo F, Ghiggeri G M
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive nephronophthisis (NPH) is a renal disorder histologically characterized by tubulointerstitial lesions that are, in some cases, associated with extrarenal manifestations such as tapeto-retinal degeneration or liver fibrosis. The disease is usually pauci-symptomatic in an early phase but invariably evolves to end-stage renal failure in childhood or early adulthood. The recent discovery of the...
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