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Deletions of both 5(IV) and 6(IV) collagen genes in Alport syndrome and in Alport syndrome associated with smooth muscle tumours
1 Jan 1995
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Diffuse oesophageal leiomyomatosis (DL), an inherited smooth muscle proliferation process, has been reported to be associated with Alport syndrome (AS), a familial nephropathy, mainly dominant X-linked inherited, and characterized by ultrastructural changes of the glomerular basement membrane. The COL4A5 gene, encoding the alpha 5 chain of type IV collagen, has been identified as the site of mutations in families...
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