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Haplotype analysis improves molecular diagnostics of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Jan 2005
Consugar Mark B, Anderson Sarah A, Rossetti Sandro, Pankratz V Shane, Ward Christopher J, Torra Roser, Coto Eliecer, El-Youssef Monif, Kantarci Sibel, Utsch Boris, Hildebrandt Friedhelm, Sweeney William E, Avner Ellis D, Torres Vicente E, Cunningham Julie M, Harris Peter C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is characterized by wide phenotypic variability, ranging from in utero detection with enlarged, echogenic kidneys to an adult presentation with congenital hepatic fibrosis. The ARPKD gene, PKHD1 , covers about 470 kb of DNA (67 exons), and mutation studies have found marked allelic heterogeneity with a high level of novel missense changes and...
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