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Hereditary renal amyloidosis with a novel variant fibrinogen.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Feb 1994
Uemichi T, Liepnieks J J, Benson M D
Abstract excerpt
Two families with hereditary renal amyloidosis were found to have a novel mutation in the fibrinogen A alpha chain gene. This form of amyloidosis is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by proteinuria, hypertension, and subsequent azotemia. DNAs of patients with amyloidosis were screened for a polymorphism in fibrinogen A alpha chain gene by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis, and affected...
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