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Alport syndrome: HLA association and kidney graft outcome.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 2004
Barocci S, Fiordoro S, Santori G, Valente U, Mossa M, Antonelli P, Ferrara G B, Cannella G, Nocera A
Abstract excerpt
Alport syndrome (AS) is a genetic disease of type IV collagen involving non-homogeneous patterns of inheritance characterized clinically by the presence of progressive haematuric nephritis leading to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), hearing loss and/or ophthalmologic abnormalities. The aim of this study was to investigate, in a cohort of AS patients who had undergone a kidney graft (KG) or who were still on a...
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