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A Novel COL4A4 Mutation Identified in a Chinese Family with Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy.
Scientific reports - 2 Feb 2016
Xu Yan, Guo Min, Dong Hui, Jiang Wei, Ma Ruixia, Liu Shiguo, Li Shenqian
Abstract excerpt
Thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN) is often attributable to mutations in the COL4A3 or COL4A4 genes that encode the α3 and α4 chains of type IV collagen, respectively, a major structural protein in the glomerular basement membrane. The aim of this study was to explore a new disease-related genetic mutation associated with the clinical phenotype observed in a Chinese Han family with autosomal dominant TBMN....
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