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Familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy: report on a new mutation and a pregnancy.
Clinical nephrology - 1 Jan 2009
Lhotta K, Gehringer A, Jennings P, Kronenberg F, Brezinka C, Andersone I, Strazdins V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy (FJHN) is a rare autosomal dominant disease caused by mutations in the uromodulin gene (UMOD) and leading to gout, tubulointerstitial nephropathy and end-stage renal disease. CASE REPORTS AND RESULTS: A Latvian family suffering from FJHN is described. The father of the family developed ESRD at age 36. His daughter was diagnosed with gout and chronic kidney...
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