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A missense mutation in PKD1 attenuates the severity of renal disease.
Kidney international - 1 Feb 2012
Pei York, Lan Zheng, Wang Kairong, Garcia-Gonzalez Miguel, He Ning, Dicks Elizabeth, Parfrey Patrick, Germino Gregory, Watnick Terry
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of PKD1 and PKD2 account for most cases of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Compared with PKD2, patients with PKD1 typically have more severe renal disease. Here, we report a follow-up study of a unique multigeneration family with bilineal ADPKD (NFL10) in which a PKD1 disease haplotype and a PKD2 (L736X) mutation co-segregated with 18 and 14 affected individuals, respectively. In...
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