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Unilateral hypoplastic kidney - a novel highly penetrant feature of familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy.
BMC nephrology - 9 May 2014
Plumb Lucy A, Marlais Matko, Bierzynska Agnieszka, Martin Howard, Brugger Kim, Abbs Stephen, Saleem Moin A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy is a rare inherited nephropathy with genetic heterogeneity. Categorised by genetic defect, mutations in uromodulin (UMOD), renin (REN) and hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β (HNF-1β) genes as well as linkage to chromosome 2p22.1-21 have previously been identified. Knowledge of the genetics of this phenotype has provided important clues to developmental pathways...
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