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Detection of COL4A5 gene mutations in Chinese patients with Alport's syndrome.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 May 2004
Pan Xiaoxia, Yan Jingyin, Ren Hong, Zhang Wen, Shi Hao, Yu Haijin, Wang Chaohui, Hao Cuilan, Chen Xiaonong, Chen Nan
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BACKGROUND: Mutations in the COL4A5 gene, encoding the alpha 5 chain of type IV collagen, are responsible for X-linked Alport's syndrome (XLAS), a progressive nephropathy characterized by glomerular basement membrane abnormalities and usually associated with progressive hearing loss and ocular le...
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