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Male-to-male transmission of X-linked Alport syndrome in a boy with a 47,XXY karyotype.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Sept 2005
Ars Elisabet, Tazón-Vega Bárbara, Ruiz Patricia, Nogués Carme, Arnedo Núria, Rajmil Osvaldo, Torra Roser
Abstract excerpt
Alport syndrome (AS) is a genetically heterogeneous renal hereditary disease. Male-to-male transmission has been considered fully indicative of autosomal dominant AS. We report a family with male-to-male transmission of X-linked AS due to an extra X chromosome of paternal origin in the proband. Linkage analysis excluded the autosomal loci and demonstrated segregation with the COL4A5 locus (Xq22.3). Sperm FISH...
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