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Autosomal dominant Alport syndrome caused by a COL4A3 splice site mutation.
Kidney international - 1 Nov 2000
van der Loop F T, Heidet L, Timmer E D, van den Bosch B J, Leinonen A, Antignac C, Jefferson J A, Maxwell A P, Monnens L A, Schröder C H, Smeets H J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alport syndrome (AS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous renal disorder, predominantly affecting the type IV collagen alpha 3/alpha 4/alpha 5 network of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM). AS can be caused by mutations in any of the three genes encoding these type IV collagen chains. The majority of AS families (85%) are X-linked (XL-AS) involving mutations in the COL4A5 gene. Mutations...
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