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[Uromodulin mutation and hyperuricemia].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Apr 2008
Kudo Eiji, Itakura Mitsuo
Abstract excerpt
The discovery of uromodulin mutations as a cause of FJHN and MCKD2 raises a new question; Why the mutant uromodulin causes uricemic underexcretion and hyperuricemia? Moreover, an old and still unsolved question is now highlighted; What is the physiological function of uromodulin? Recent experimental data on intracellular trafficking of uromodulin mutants and histopathological findings on renal biopsy specimens of...
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