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From juvenile hyperuricaemia to dysfunctional uromodulin: an ongoing metamorphosis.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Nov 2016
Venkat-Raman Gopalakrishnan, Gast Christine, Marinaki Anthony, Fairbanks Lynnette
Abstract excerpt
Familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy (FJHN) is a diagnosis that is easily missed. It has taken a long time to clarify the pathophysiology and prevalence of this disease entity which has been shown to be genetically identical to medullary cystic kidney disease (MCKD) type II. The initial suspicion that uric acid was the noxious agent has been replaced by the recognition that a mutant uromodulin (UMOD) is...
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