[Unexpected phenotypes in Alport syndrome: the need for genetic testing].

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The diagnosis of Alport syndrome is a challenge in the pediatric age, due to the absence of expected clinical phenotypes of the disease, its classic characterization of a rare disease and the very restricted practice of renal biopsies with routine analysis of the sample by electron microscopy during infancy. The clinical and genetic characteristics of 6 pediatric patients (4 women) diagnosed with Alport syndrome...

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