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Donor splice-site mutations in WT1 are responsible for Frasier syndrome.
Nature genetics - 1 Dec 1997
Barbaux S, Niaudet P, Gubler M C, Grünfeld J P, Jaubert F, Kuttenn F, Fékété C N, Souleyreau-Therville N, Thibaud E, Fellous M, McElreavey K
Abstract excerpt
Frasier syndrome (FS) is a rare disease defined by male pseudo-hermaphroditism and progressive glomerulopathy. Patients present with normal female external genitalia, streak gonads and XY karyotype and frequently develop gonadoblastoma. Glomerular symptoms consist of childhood proteinuria and nephrotic syndrome, characterized by unspecific focal and segmental glomerular sclerosis, progressing to end-stage renal...
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