Functional Validation of an Alpha-Actinin-4 Mutation as a Potential Cause of an Aggressive Presentation of Adolescent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: Implications for Genetic Testing.

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Published in PLoS One on December 15, 2016

Authors

Di Feng1, Julia M Steinke2, Ramaswamy Krishnan3, Gabriel Birrane4, Martin R Pollak1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
2: Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America.
3: Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
4: Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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