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A single-gene cause in 29.5% of cases of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jun 2015
Sadowski Carolin E, Lovric Svjetlana, Ashraf Shazia, Pabst Werner L, Gee Heon Yung, Kohl Stefan, Engelmann Susanne, Vega-Warner Virginia, Fang Humphrey, Halbritter Jan, Somers Michael J, Tan Weizhen, Shril Shirlee, Fessi Inès, Lifton Richard P, Bockenhauer Detlef, El-Desoky Sherif, Kari Jameela A, Zenker Martin, Kemper Markus J, Mueller Dominik, Fathy Hanan M, Soliman Neveen A, Hildebrandt Friedhelm
Abstract excerpt
Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) is the second most frequent cause of ESRD in the first two decades of life. Effective treatment is lacking. First insights into disease mechanisms came from identification of single-gene causes of SRNS. However, the frequency of single-gene causation and its age distribution in large cohorts are unknown. We performed exon sequencing of NPHS2 and WT1 for 1783 unrelated,...
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