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Human adolescent nephronophthisis: gene locus synteny with polycystic kidney disease in pcy mice.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jan 2001
Omran Heymut, Häffner Karsten, Burth Suse, Fernandez Carmen, Fargier Bernardo, Villaquiran Aminta, Nothwang Hans-Gerd, Schnittger Susanne, Lehrach Hans, Woo David, Brandis Matthias, Sudbrak Ralf, Hildebrandt Friedhelm
Abstract excerpt
In a large Venezuelan kindred, a new type of nephronophthisis was recently identified: Adolescent nephronophthisis (NPH3) is a late-onset recessive renal cystic disorder of the nephronophthisis/medullary cystic group of diseases causing end-stage renal disease at a median age of 19 yr. With the use of a homozygosity mapping strategy, the gene (NPHP3) was previously localized to chromosome 3q22 within a critical...
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