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Frasier syndrome with childhood-onset renal failure.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11509863     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: The Wilms' tumour 1 (WT1) gene encodes a protein which is believed to exert transcriptional and tumour-suppressor activities. Mutations of this gene have occasionally been associated with Wilms' tumour (<15% of cases) and, more consistently, with three syndromes characterized by urogenital abnormalities (WAGR, Denys-Drash and Frasier syndrome). SUBJECT/METHOD: A 25-year-old phenotypic female with a 46,XY karyotype presented with amenorrhoea. An ultrasound scan showed streak gonads and a rudimentary uterus. The patient had a history of post-streptococcal glomerulonephrosis, when aged 4 years, which had rapidly progressed to kidney failure, requiring transplantation at age 8.
RESULT: Frasier syndrome was suspected and confirmed by genetic analysis. In fact, direct sequencing of the PCR product of the intron 9 donor splice site revealed a substitution of guanine for adenine in position +5.
CONCLUSION: Besides being one of the few Frasier syndrome cases to be genetically characterized, this case is interesting because of the unusually early-onset renal failure.
Authors:
F Buzi; P Mella; A Pilotta; B Felappi; G Camerino; L D Notarangelo
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Hormone research     Volume:  55     ISSN:  0301-0163     ISO Abbreviation:  Horm. Res.     Publication Date:  2001  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-08-17     Completed Date:  2001-10-25     Revised Date:  2012-02-22    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0366126     Medline TA:  Horm Res     Country:  Switzerland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  77-80     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel
Affiliation:
Centro di Auxoendocrinologia, Clinica Pediatrica dell'Università di Brescia, Italia. mazzolar@master.cci.unibs.it
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Alternative Splicing
Disorders of Sex Development / genetics
Genes, Wilms Tumor / genetics*
Glomerulonephritis / complications,  microbiology
Humans
Karyotyping
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Mutation
Phenotype
Renal Insufficiency / genetics*,  surgery
Streptococcal Infections
Syndrome
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
B.38//Telethon; E.0688//Telethon

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