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Spectrum of NPHS1 and NPHS2 variants in egyptian children with focal segmental glomerular sclerosis: identification of six novel variants and founder effect.
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG - 1 May 2022
Thomas Manal M, Ahmed Heba Mostafa, El-Dessouky Sara H, Ramadan Abeer, Botrous Osama Ezzat, Abdel-Hamid Mohamed S
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study is to screen for variants in NPHS1 and NPHS2, in a cohort of Egyptian children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS)/focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and compare the prevalence of such variants among other ethnic groups. The study included 25 patients: 21 children diagnosed clinically as steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome and confirmed as FSGS by renal biopsy and four...
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