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Cystic diseases of the kidney: molecular biology and genetics.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Apr 2010
Deltas Constantinos, Papagregoriou Gregory
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CONTEXT: Cystic diseases of the kidney are a very heterogeneous group of renal inherited conditions, with more than 33 genes involved and encompassing X-linked, autosomal dominant, and autosomal recessive inheritance. Although mostly monogenic with mendelian inheritance, there are clearly examples of oligogenic inheritance, such as 3 mutations in 2 genes, while the existence of genetic modifiers is perhaps the...
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