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NPHS2 mutations.
Indian journal of pediatrics - 1 Feb 2008
Bakr Ashraf, Yehia Soheir, El-Ghannam Doaa, Hammad Ayman, Ragab Mohamed, Sarhan Amr, Al-Husseni Fatma, Al-Morsy Zakaria
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To uncover the frequency and the spectrum of NPHS2 mutations in Egyptian children with non familial steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS). METHODS: Sixteen patients were screened by PCR-single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of NPHS2 gene followed by direct sequencing. RESULTS: NPHS2 mutations were evident in four patients (25%) who were bearing four novel mutations including two frame...
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