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Benign familial hematuria due to mutation of the type IV collagen alpha4 gene.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Sept 1996
Lemmink H H, Nillesen W N, Mochizuki T, Schröder C H, Brunner H G, van Oost B A, Monnens L A, Smeets H J
Abstract excerpt
Benign familial hematuria (BFH) is characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance, thinning of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) and normal renal function. It is frequent in patients with persistent microscopic hematuria, but cannot be clinically differentiated from the initial stages of Alport syndrome, a severe GBM disorder which progresses to renal failure. We present here linkage of benign familial...
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