Deletion spanning the 5′ ends of both the COL4A5 and COL4A6 genes in a patient with Alport's syndrome and leiomyomatosis
✍ Scribed by Alessandra Renieri; Maria Teresa Bassi; Lucia Galli; Jing Zhou; Marisa Giani; Mario de Marchi; Andrea Ballabio
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1059-7794
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✦ Synopsis
Communicated by Sesgio Otrdenghi
Alport's syndrome is characterized clinically by a nonimmune glomerulopathy, often accompanied by sensorineural hearing loss and lens abnormalities, frequently due to mutations in the COL4A5 gene.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
Alport syndrome is a progressive renal disease leading to chronic renal failure, which often is accompanied by sensorineural deafness and ophthalmological signs in the form of anterior lenticonus. The X-linked form of the disease is caused by mutations in the COL4A5 gene encoding the a5-chain of typ