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Functional characterization of renal chloride channel, CLCN5, mutations associated with Dent'sJapan disease.
Kidney international - 1 Dec 1998
Igarashi T, Günther W, Sekine T, Inatomi J, Shiraga H, Takahashi S, Suzuki J, Tsuru N, Yanagihara T, Shimazu M, Jentsch T J, Thakker R V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The annual urinary screening of Japanese children above three years of age has identified a progressive renal tubular disorder characterized by low molecular weight proteinuria, hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis, and this represents a variant of Dent's disease. Hitherto, 12 mutations of the X-linked renal specific chloride channel, CLCN5, have been reported in the Dent'sJapan variant. To further...
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