Spectrum of collagen type IV nephropathies: from thin basement membrane nephropathy to Alport syndrome.

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Alport syndrome and thin basement membrane nephropathy are common causes of persistent familial haematuria. They are associated with various mutations in type IV collagen genes. Mutations in genes, coding for alpha5 chain of collagen IV, cause X-linked Alport syndrome, whereas mutations in genes for alpha3 and alpha4 chains can cause the autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant type of Alport syndrome or benign...

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