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Mutation analysis of SCNN1B in a family with Liddle's syndrome.
Endocrine - 1 Jun 2006
Wang Weiqing, Zhou Weiwei, Jiang Lei, Cui Bin, Ye Lei, Su Tingwei, Wang Jiguang, Li Xiaoying, Ning Guang
Abstract excerpt
Liddle's syndrome has been known as a disorder associated with abnormal sodium reabsorption in the distal tubule and transmitted as a rare autosomal dominant trait. It is caused by mutations in the SCNN1B or SCNN1C gene, which truncate the cytoplasmic carboxyl terminus of the beta and gamma subunit of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). Genetic analysis of ENaC in a Chinese family with Liddle's syndrome...
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