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DNA variant databases improve test accuracy and phenotype prediction in Alport syndrome.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jun 2014
Savige Judy, Ars Elisabet, Cotton Richard G H, Crockett David, Dagher Hayat, Deltas Constantinos, Ding Jie, Flinter Frances, Pont-Kingdon Genevieve, Smaoui Nizar, Torra Roser, Storey Helen
Abstract excerpt
X-linked Alport syndrome is a form of progressive renal failure caused by pathogenic variants in the COL4A5 gene. More than 700 variants have been described and a further 400 are estimated to be known to individual laboratories but are unpublished. The major genetic testing laboratories for X-linked Alport syndrome worldwide have established a Web-based database for published and unpublished COL4A5 variants (...
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