Two brothers with idiopathic membranous nephropathy and familial sensorineural deafness.

doi:10.1016/s0272-6386(12)80773-6

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Two brothers with idiopathic membranous nephropathy and familial sensorineural deafness.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Mar 1990

Meroni M, Volpi A, Usberti M, Battini G, Tarelli L T, Giordano F, Sessa A

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Genetic factors could play an important role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic membranous nephropathy, and a few cases of familial membranous nephropathy have been described: an increased incidence of some HLA antigens as DR3 and others has been reported. We present two brothers with idiopathic m...

Topics

Adult
Deafness
Female
Glomerulonephritis, Membranous
HLA Antigens
Humans
Pedigree
Phenotype

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