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Homozygosity for uromodulin disorders: FJHN and MCKD-type 2.
Kidney international - 1 Aug 2004
Rezende-Lima Wânia, Parreira Kleber S, García-González Miguel, Riveira Eva, Banet Julio F, Lens Xosé M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autosomal-dominant medullary cystic kidney disease type 2 (MCKD2) and familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy (FJHN) are heritable renal diseases with autosomal-dominant transmission and shared features, including polyuria, progressive renal failure, and abnormal urate handling, which leads to hyperuricemia and gout. Mutations of the UMOD gene, disrupting the tertiary structure of uromodulin,...
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