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Renal phenotype in Lowe Syndrome: a selective proximal tubular dysfunction.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - 1 Sept 2008
Bockenhauer Detlef, Bokenkamp Arend, van't Hoff William, Levtchenko Elena, Kist-van Holthe Joana E, Tasic Velibor, Ludwig Michael
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Lowe syndrome is defined by congenital cataracts, mental retardation, and proximal tubulopathy and is due to mutations in OCRL. Recently, mutations in OCRL were found to underlie some patients with Dent disease, characterized by low molecular weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria, and nephrocalcinosis. This phenotypic heterogeneity is poorly understood. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, &...
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