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Renal cystic disease in tuberous sclerosis: role of the polycystic kidney disease 1 gene.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 1997
Sampson J R, Maheshwar M M, Aspinwall R, Thompson P, Cheadle J P, Ravine D, Roy S, Haan E, Bernstein J, Harris P C
Abstract excerpt
Tuberous sclerosis is an autosomal dominant trait characterized by the development of hamartomatous growths in many organs. Renal cysts are also a frequent manifestation. Major genes for tuberous sclerosis and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, TSC2 and PKD1, respectively, lie adjacent to each other at chromosome 16p13.3, suggesting a role for PKD1 in the etiology of renal cystic disease in tuberous...
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