Potential Founder Variants in COL4A4 Identified in Bukharian Jews Linked to Autosomal Dominant and Autosomal Recessive Alport Syndrome

Background: Alport syndrome is a hereditary disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the COL4A gene, which can be inherited in an autosomal recessive, dominant, or X-linked pattern. In the Bukharian Jewish population, no founder pathogenic variant has been reported in COL4A4. Methods: The cohort in...

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Main Authors: Michal Levy, Lily Bazak, Noa Lev-El, Rotem Greenberg, Nesia Kropach, Lina Basel-Salmon, Idit Maya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/10/1854