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The severe perinatal form of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease maps to chromosome 6p21.1-p12: implications for genetic counseling.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7726165     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a one of the most common hereditary renal cystic diseases in children. Its clinical spectrum is widely variable with most cases presenting in infancy. Most affected neonates die within the first few hours of life. At present, prenatal diagnosis relies on fetal sonography, which is often imprecise in detecting even the severe form of the disease. Recently, in a cohort of families with mostly milder ARPKD phenotypes, an ARPKD locus was mapped to a 13-cM region of chromosome 6p21-cen. To determine whether severe perinatal ARPKD also maps to chromosome 6p, we have analyzed the segregation of seven microsatellite markers from the ARPKD interval in 22 families with the severe phenotype. In the majority of the affected infants, ARPKD was documented by histopathology. Our data confirm linkage and refine the ARPKD region to a 3.8-cM interval, delimited by the markers D6S465/D6S427/D6S436/D6S272 and D6S466. Taken together, these results suggest that, despite the wide variability in clinical phenotypes, there is a single ARPKD gene. These linkage data and the absence of genetic heterogeneity in all families tested to date have important implications for DNA-based prenatal diagnoses as well as for the isolation of the ARPKD gene.
Authors:
L M Guay-Woodford; G Muecher; S D Hopkins; E D Avner; G G Germino; A P Guillot; J Herrin; R Holleman; D A Irons; W Primack
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of human genetics     Volume:  56     ISSN:  0002-9297     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Hum. Genet.     Publication Date:  1995 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-05-24     Completed Date:  1995-05-24     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370475     Medline TA:  Am J Hum Genet     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1101-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Albama at Birmingham, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amniocentesis
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 / genetics*
Female
Genes, Recessive / genetics*
Genetic Counseling
Genetic Markers
Haplotypes
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Kidney / pathology
Linkage (Genetics)
Male
Pedigree
Phenotype
Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive / classification,  diagnosis*,  genetics*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Reproducibility of Results
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DK48006/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Genetic Markers
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