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Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract--role of the loss of function mutation in the pluripotent angiotensin type 2 receptor gene.
The Journal of urology - 1 Jan 2001
Pope J C, Brock J W, Adams M C, Miyazaki Y, Stephens F D, Ichikawa I
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PURPOSE: Recent studies of the human genome and genetic engineering experiments in mice revealed that congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract commonly seen in newborns in various anatomical forms are polygenic disease, that is a disease caused by simultaneous defects in multiple genes. We discuss some possible genetic explanations of the classic theories of the formation of congenital kidney and...
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