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A locus for adolescent and adult onset familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on chromosome 1q25-31.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Sept 2000
Tsukaguchi Hiroyasu, Yager Henry, Dawborn John, Jost Luis, Cohlmia Jerry, Abreu Patricia F, Pereira Aparecido B, Pollak Martin R
Abstract excerpt
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is a nonspecific renal lesion observed both as a primary (idiopathic) entity and in a secondary form, typically in association with reduced functional renal mass. Familial forms have been observed and two loci for autosomal dominant FSGS have been mapped. This study shows that an adolescent/adult form of recessive FSGS maps to a locus on chromosome 1q25-31, which overlaps with a...
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