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Alport Syndrome: Clinical Utility of Early Genetic Diagnosis in Children.
Genes - 2 Aug 2024
Christodoulaki Vasileia, Kosma Konstantina, Marinakis Nikolaos M, Tilemis Faidon-Nikolaos, Stergiou Nikolaos, Kampouraki Afroditi, Kapogiannis Charalampos, Karava Vasiliki, Mitsioni Andromachi, Mila Maria, Kanaka-Gantenbein Christina, Makrythanasis Periklis, Tzetis Maria, Traeger-Synodinos Joanne
Abstract excerpt
Alport syndrome (AS) is a hereditary glomerulopathy due to pathogenic variants in COL4A3, COL4A4, and COL4A5. Treatment with Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS) inhibitors can delay progression to end stage renal disease (ESRD). From 2018 until today, we performed Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) in 19 patients with AS phenotype with or without positive family history. Fourteen of these patients were...
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