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A young male with kidney damage from genetic mitochondrial disease: case report and literature review.
BMC nephrology - 4 Aug 2026
Jia Miao, Wu Qian, Zou Jun, Jin Donghua
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The most familiar ear and kidney syndrome is Alport syndrome for a nephrologist. Mutations in the mitochondrial gene MT-TL1, which encodes UUR, can also cause renal dysfunction and hearing loss. In this study, we reported a young Chinese male presented with proteinuria and renal dysfunction with a morphological presentation of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) with m.3243 A > G mutation in the...
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