Emerging roles of obstruction and mutations in renal malformations.

doi:10.1007/s004670050528

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Emerging roles of obstruction and mutations in renal malformations.

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Oct 1998

Woolf A S

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In this short review I will highlight some of the "molecular lesions" that occur in patients with malformations of the urinary tract in terms of: (1) aberrant gene expression in dysplastic and obstructed kidneys and (2) the effects of mutations and genetic polymorphisms on renal growth and respon...

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Humans
Kidney
Kidney Diseases
Mutation
Urologic Diseases

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