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Novel compound heterozygous PKHD1 mutations cause autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease in a Han Chinese family.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Dec 2019
Wang Jin, Qi Dandan, Yang Jialiang, Zhang Dingding, Wang Qingwei, Ju Xueming, Zhong Xiang
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a hereditary fibrocystic disease that primarily involves the kidneys and hepatobiliary tract. The polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 (PKHD1) gene is the only gene implicated in ARPKD. The present study aimed to identify PKHD1 mutations causing ARPKD in a Chinese family. A couple that underwent prenatal genetic diagnosis for ARPKD and their families...
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