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MAGI2 Mutations Cause Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 May 2017
Bierzynska Agnieszka, Soderquest Katrina, Dean Philip, Colby Elizabeth, Rollason Ruth, Jones Caroline, Inward Carol D, McCarthy Hugh J, Simpson Michael A, Lord Graham M, Williams Maggie, Welsh Gavin I, Koziell Ania B, Saleem Moin A
Abstract excerpt
Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), a heterogeneous disorder of the renal glomerular filtration barrier, results in impairment of glomerular permselectivity. Inheritance of genetic SRNS may be autosomal dominant or recessive, with a subset of autosomal recessive SRNS presenting as congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNS). Mutations in 53 genes are associated with human SRNS, but these mutations explain ≤30%...
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