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Clinical and epidemiological assessment of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome associated with the NPHS2 R229Q variant.
Kidney international - 1 Apr 2009
Machuca Eduardo, Hummel Aurélie, Nevo Fabien, Dantal Jacques, Martinez Frank, Al-Sabban Essam, Baudouin Véronique, Abel Laurent, Grünfeld Jean-Pierre, Antignac Corinne
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of NPHS2, encoding podocin, are the main cause of autosomal recessive steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (NS) presenting in childhood. Adult-onset steroid-resistant NS has been described in patients heterozygous for a pathogenic NPHS2 mutation together with the p.R229Q variant. To determine the frequency and the phenotype of patients carrying the p.R229Q variant, we sequenced the complete coding...
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