Article
Genetic linkage analysis, clinical features and prognosis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in Northern Ireland.
The Quarterly journal of medicine - 1 Jul 1993
Wright G D, Hughes A E, Larkin K A, Doherty C C, Nevin N C
Abstract excerpt
Fifteen families with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease were analysed for coinheritance of the disease and DNA markers flanking the PKD1 locus. Eleven families demonstrated linkage to PKD1 markers. Two families were unlinked to the PKD1 locus (non-PKD1) and in two families the markers...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Alleles
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
- Lod Score
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
- Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant
- Probability
- Prognosis
