Article
A single genetic locus for adult polycystic kidney disease in five Australian families of southern European origin.
Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine - 1 Oct 1991
Savige J A, Gill M C, Kincaid-Smith P
Abstract excerpt
The gene causing adult polycystic kidney disease (APKD) in most northern European families has been localised to the short arm of chromosome 16, close to the alpha globin gene (PKD1). A DNA probe 3' to the alpha globin locus (3'HVR) has been used to test such families but a second genetic locus (...
Topics
- Alleles
- Australia
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- DNA Probes
- Greece
- Humans
- Italy
- Polycystic Kidney Diseases
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
