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Low frequency of parental mosaicism in de novo COL4A5 mutations in X-linked Alport syndrome.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Oct 2020
Helle Ole Magnus Bjorgaas, Pedersen Torkild Høieggen, Ousager Lilian Bomme, Thomassen Mads, Hertz Jens Michael
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alport syndrome is a progressive hereditary kidney disease clinically presenting with haematuria, proteinuria, and early onset end-stage renal disease, and often accompanied by hearing loss and ocular abnormalities. The inheritance is X-linked in the majority of families and caused by sequence variants in the COL4A5 gene encoding the α5-chain of type-IV collagen. The proportion of de novo COL4A5...
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