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A female with X-linked Alport syndrome and compound heterozygous COL4A5 mutations.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Mar 2014
Mohammad Mardhiah, Nanra Ranjit, Colville Deb, Trevillian Paul, Wang Yanyan, Storey Helen, Flinter Frances, Savige Judy
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Female subjects with X-linked Alport syndrome have a single COL4A5 mutation, germ cell mosaicism in affected tissues and typically develop renal failure later or less often than male subjects. Women with two mutations are exceedingly rare, and usually have consanguineous parents or uniparental disomy. We describe here a 20-year-old woman who inherited two different COL4A5 variants, one from her father...
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