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No evidence for genotype/phenotype correlation in NPHS1 and NPHS2 mutations.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Dec 2004
Schultheiss Michael, Ruf Rainer G, Mucha Bettina E, Wiggins Roger, Fuchshuber Arno, Lichtenberger Anne, Hildebrandt Friedhelm
Abstract excerpt
Primary steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) is characterized by childhood onset of proteinuria and progression to end-stage renal disease. In 26% of cases it is caused by recessive mutations in NPHS2 (podocin). Congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNS) is caused by mutations in NPHS1 (nephrin) or NPHS2. In three families mutations in NPHS1 and NPHS2 had been reported to occur together, and these tri-allelic...
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