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A case with somatic and germline mosaicism in COL4A5 detected by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification in X-linked Alport syndrome.
CEN case reports - 1 Nov 2020
Aoto Yuya, Kise Tomoo, Nakanishi Koichi, Nagano China, Horinouchi Tomoko, Yamamura Tomohiko, Ishiko Shinya, Sakakibara Nana, Shima Yuko, Morisada Naoya, Iijima Kazumoto, Nozu Kandai
Abstract excerpt
X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) is a progressive hereditary kidney disease caused by mutations in the COL4A5 gene encoding the type IV collagen α5 chain. To date, 11 cases having somatic mosaic variants in COL4A5 have been reported; however, all of them involved single-nucleotide variations (SNVs). Here, we report a female XLAS patient with somatic mosaicism identified by copy number variation (CNV) in COL4A5....
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