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Infantile steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome associated with double homozygous mutations of podocin.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Apr 2004
Caridi Gianluca, Berdeli Afig, Dagnino Monica, Di Duca Marco, Mir Sevgi, Cura Alphan, Ravazzolo Roberto, Ghiggeri Gian Marco
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of NPHS2, ie, the gene coding for podocin, are associated with nephrotic syndrome (NS) in children, with a clinical phenotype characterized by variable age at onset (from 1 to 10 years) and steroid/cyclosporine resistance. The authors describe an infantile variant in 2 families (3 patients) from Turkey, characterized by homozygosity of a complex haplotype, in which 2 podocin mutations (P20L-R168H) are...
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