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Clinical and genetic characterization of a founder PKHD1 mutation in Afrikaners with ARPKD.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Feb 2015
Lambie Lindsay, Amin Rasheda, Essop Fahmida, Cnaan Avital, Krause Amanda, Guay-Woodford Lisa M
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BACKGROUND: Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD; MIM 263200) occurs in 1:20,000 live births. Disease expression is widely variable, with approximately 30 % of affected neonates dying perinatally, while others survive to adulthood. Mutations at the PKHD1 locus are responsible for...
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