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Benign familial hematuria associated with a novel COL4A4 mutation.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Nov 2001
Ozen S, Ertoy D, Heidet L, Cohen-Solal L, Ozen H, Besbas N, Bakkaoglu A, Antignac C
Abstract excerpt
We describe a father and three offspring with hematuria. The father and one girl also complained of flank pain. Renal function tests and ophthalmological examinations were normal in all. The father had very mild neural deafness. The renal biopsy samples of two affected siblings showed changes compatible with thin basement membrane disease. Genetic analysis revealed a novel missense mutation in exon 32 of COL4A4...
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