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Distal renal tubular acidosis in a Libyan patient: Evidence for digenic inheritance.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2018
Nagara Majdi, Papagregoriou Gregory, Ben Abdallah Rim, Landoulsi Zied, Bouyacoub Yosra, Elouej Sahar, Kefi Rym, Pippucci Tommaso, Voskarides Konstantinos, Bashamboo Anu, McElreavey Kenneth, Hachicha Mongia, Romeo Giovanni, Seri Marco, Deltas Constantinos, Abdelhak Sonia
Abstract excerpt
AIM OF THE STUDY: Recent advances in understanding the underlying molecular mechanism for distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA), led to an increased attention towards the primary and the familial forms of the disease. Mutations in ATP6V1B1 and ATP6V0A4 are usually responsible for the recessive form of the disease. Mutations in gene AE1 encoding the Cl-/HCO3- exchanger, usually present as dominant dRTA, but a...
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