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Mutational screening of the Wilms's tumour gene, WT1, in males with genital abnormalities.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Sept 1993
Clarkson P A, Davies H R, Williams D M, Chaudhary R, Hughes I A, Patterson M N
Abstract excerpt
Several lines of evidence suggest that the Wilms's tumour susceptibility gene, WT1, has an important role in genital as well as kidney development. WT1 is expressed in developing kidney and genital tissues. Furthermore, mutations in WT1 have been detected in patients with the Denys-Drash syndrome (DDS), which is characterised by nephropathy, genital abnormalities, and Wilms's tumour. It is possible that WT1...
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