Clinical Value of NPHS2 Analysis in Early- and Adult-Onset Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome
Author(s) -
Sheila Santín,
Bárbara TazónVega,
Irene Silva,
María Ángeles Cobo,
Isabel Giménez,
Patricia Ruíz,
Rafael GarcíaMaset,
José Ballarín,
Roser Torrá,
Elisabet Ars
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.03770410
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrotic syndrome , haplotype , compound heterozygosity , allele , focal segmental glomerulosclerosis , odds ratio , gastroenterology , glomerulonephritis , genetics , biology , kidney , gene
To date, very few cases with adult-onset focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) carrying NPHS2 variants have been described, all of them being compound heterozygous for the p.R229Q variant and one pathogenic mutation.
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