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A founder mutation in COL4A3 causes autosomal recessive Alport syndrome in the Ashkenazi Jewish population.
Clinical genetics - 1 Aug 2014
Webb B D, Brandt T, Liu L, Jalas C, Liao J, Fedick A, Linderman M D, Diaz G A, Kornreich R, Trachtman H, Mehta L, Edelmann L
Abstract excerpt
Alport syndrome is an inherited progressive nephropathy arising from mutations in the type IV collagen genes, COL4A3, COL4A4, and COL4A5. Symptoms also include sensorineural hearing loss and ocular lesions. We determined the molecular basis of Alport syndrome in a non-consanguineous Ashkenazi Jew...
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