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Expression of the nonmuscle myosin heavy chain IIA in the human kidney and screening for MYH9 mutations in Epstein and Fechtner syndromes.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jan 2002
Arrondel Christelle, Vodovar Nicolas, Knebelmann Bertrand, Grünfeld Jean-Pierre, Gubler Marie-Claire, Antignac Corinne, Heidet Laurence
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the MYH9 gene, which encodes the nonmuscle myosin heavy chain IIA, have been recently reported in three syndromes that share the association of macrothrombocytopenia (MTCP) and leukocyte inclusions: the May-Hegglin anomaly and Sebastian and Fechtner syndromes. Epstein syndrome, which associates inherited sensorineural deafness, glomerular nephritis, and MTCP without leukocyte inclusions, was shown to...
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