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Schimke versus non-Schimke chronic kidney disease: an anthropometric approach.
Pediatrics - 1 Aug 2006
Lücke Thomas, Franke Doris, Clewing J Marietta, Boerkoel Cornelius F, Ehrich Jochen H H, Das Anibh M, Zivicnjak Miroslav
Abstract excerpt
Schimke-immuno-osseous dysplasia is a rare autosomal-recessive multisystem disorder with the main clinical features of disproportionate growth deficiency, defective cellular immunity, and progressive renal disease. It is caused by mutations of SMARCAL1, a gene encoding a putative chromatin remodeling protein of unknown function. Because a detailed description of the clinical features is an essential first step in...
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