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KCNJ10 mutations disrupt function in patients with EAST syndrome.
Nephron. Physiology - 1 Jan 2011
Freudenthal Bernard, Kulaveerasingam Duvaraka, Lingappa Lokesh, Shah Mehul A, Brueton Louise, Wassmer Evangeline, Ognjanovic Milos, Dorison Nathalie, Reichold Markus, Bockenhauer Detlef, Kleta Robert, Zdebik Anselm A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Mutations in the inwardly-rectifying K+ channel KCNJ10/Kir4.1 cause an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by epilepsy, ataxia, sensorineural deafness and tubulopathy (EAST syndrome). KCNJ10 is expressed in the kidney distal convoluted tubule, cochlear stria vascularis and brain glial cells. Patients clinically diagnosed with EAST syndrome were genotyped to identify and study mutations in...
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