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Exome analysis resolves differential diagnosis of familial kidney disease and uncovers a potential confounding variant.
Genetics research - 1 Dec 2013
Gibson Jane, Gilbert Rodney D, Bunyan David J, Angus Elizabeth M, Fowler Darren J, Ennis Sarah
Abstract excerpt
A girl aged 6 presented with haematuria and her sister (aged 5) presented with haematuria and proteinuria. Family history showed multiple individuals suffering from end stage renal failure from the paternal side of the pedigree. Following kidney biopsy in the father and paternal grandmother, the pathological diagnosis was of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Exome sequencing was undertaken in the...
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