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A case surviving for over a year of renal tubular dysgenesis with compound heterozygous angiotensinogen gene mutations.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Nov 2006
Uematsu Mitsugu, Sakamoto Osamu, Nishio Toshiyuki, Ohura Toshihiro, Matsuda Tadashi, Inagaki Tetsuji, Abe Takaaki, Okamura Kunihiro, Kondo Yoshiaki, Tsuchiya Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
Renal tubular dysgenesis (RTD) is a developmental abnormality of the renal proximal tubules found in patients with Potter syndrome. We report a female newborn with RTD who has survived for more than 18 months. Infusions of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) in the early neonatal period were effective in raising and maintaining her blood pressure. Peritoneal dialysis was required until the appearance of spontaneous...
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