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Human anion exchanger1 mutations and distal renal tubular acidosis.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Sept 2003
Yenchitsomanus Pa-thai
Abstract excerpt
The human anion exchanger 1 (AE1 or SLC4A1) gene encodes anion exchanger 1 (or band 3) protein in erythrocytes and in alpha-intercalated cells of the kidney. Thus, AE1 mutations show pleiotrophic effects resulting in two distinct and seemingly unrelated defects, an erythrocyte abnormality and distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA). Southeast Asian ovalocytosis (SAO), a well-known red blood cell (RBC) defect, which...
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