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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.


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