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Alport syndrome: impact of digenic inheritance in patients management.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jul 2017
Fallerini C, Baldassarri M, Trevisson E, Morbidoni V, La Manna A, Lazzarin R, Pasini A, Barbano G, Pinciaroli A R, Garosi G, Frullanti E, Pinto A M, Mencarelli M A, Mari F, Renieri A, Ariani F
Abstract excerpt
Alport syndrome (ATS) is a genetically heterogeneous nephropathy with considerable phenotypic variability and different transmission patterns, including monogenic (X-linked/autosomal) and digenic inheritance (DI). Here we present a new series of families with DI and we discuss the consequences for genetic counseling and risk assessment. Out of five families harboring variants in more than one COL4 gene detected...
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