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A disease-causing variant of COL4A5 in a Chinese family with Alport syndrome: a case series.
BMC nephrology - 13 Nov 2021
Wu Jing, Zhang Jun, Liu Li, Zhang Bo, Yamamura Tomohiko, Nozu Kandai, Matsuo Masafumi, Zhao Jinghong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alport syndrome (AS), which is a rare hereditary disease caused by mutations of genes including COL4A3, COL4A4 and COL4A5, has a wide spectrum of phenotypes. Most disease-causing variants of AS are located in the exons or the conservative splicing sites of these genes, while little is known about the intronic disease-causing variants. METHODS: A Chinese AS family was recruited in this study. All the...
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