Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics
Center for Nephrology and Metabolic Disorders

Nephronophthisis 2

Infantile nephronophthisis is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by medullary renal cysts and severe renal failure within the first month of life, often accompanied by situs inversus.

Systematic

Nephronophthisis
Nephronophthisis 1
Nephronophthisis 2
INVS
Nephronophthisis 3
Nephronophthisis 4
Nephronophthisis 5
Nephronophthisis 6
Nephronophthisis 9

References:

1.

Otto EA et al. (2003) Mutations in INVS encoding inversin cause nephronophthisis type 2, linking renal cystic disease to the function of primary cilia and left-right axis determination.

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2.

O'Toole JF et al. (2007) Mutational analysis in 119 families with nephronophthisis.

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Gagnadoux MF et al. (1989) Infantile chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis with cortical microcysts: variant of nephronophthisis or new disease entity?

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4.

Haider NB et al. (1998) A Bedouin kindred with infantile nephronophthisis demonstrates linkage to chromosome 9 by homozygosity mapping.

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