Associating mutations causing cystinuria with disease severity with the aim of providing precision medicine

Abstract Background Cystinuria is an inherited disease that results in the formation of cystine stones in the kidney, which can have serious health complications. Two genes (SLC7A9 and SLC3A1) that form an amino acid transporter are known to be responsible for the disease. Variants that cause the di...

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Main Authors: Henry J. Martell, Kathie A. Wong, Juan F. Martin, Ziyan Kassam, Kay Thomas, Mark N. Wass
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-3913-1