Diagnostic approaches to renal genetic disorders using DNA analysis.

doi:10.1007/BF00856854

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Diagnostic approaches to renal genetic disorders using DNA analysis.

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jan 1992

Francomano C A

Abstract excerpt

Recent developments in molecular genetic technology have made it possible to diagnose many genetic disorders affecting the kidney before they are clinically manifest. For a disorder to be diagnosed by DNA analysis, either the causative gene must be known and cloned, or a closely linked DNA segmen...

Topics

Blotting, Southern
Chromosome Deletion
DNA
DNA Mutational Analysis
Gene Rearrangement
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Markers
Humans
Kidney Diseases
Mutation
Pedigree
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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