Alport's syndrome

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Alport's syndrome [′al‚pȯrts ‚sin‚drōm]

(medicine)

A very rare genetic disease of the glomeruli that results in glomerular scarring and eventual renal failure within the second or third decade of life.

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No references found			In April last year, 39-year-old James gave a kidney to his 37-year-old wife, who suffers from Alport's Syndrome, which causes kidneys to fail. Keith ready to take on mountain of a challenge by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) In comparing the glomerular basement abnormalities in patients with familial hereditary nephritis (Alport's syndrome) and TGBM nephropathy, Piel et al (23) in 1982 suggested the possibility that Alport's syndrome and TGBM may be variations in the spectrum of inherited abnormalities in the formation of the GBM. Thin-glomerular-basement-membrane nephropathy: is it a benign cause ... by Don, Burl R. / Southern Medical Journal Fechtner syndrome--a variant of Alport's syndrome with leukocyte inclusions and macrothrombocytopenia. The laboratory diagnosis of platelet disorders: an algorithmic ... by Kottke-Marchant, Kandice; Corcoran, George / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine			Alphonso Alphonso, Don Alphonsus Alphonsus Liguori, Saint alphorn Alpide Folding Alpide Geosynclinal Region Alpides alpine Alpine Belt Alpine Chough Alpine County alpine glacier Alpine Meadows Alpine orogeny alpine plants Alpine Riflemen Alpine Skiing alpine tundra Alpine Vegetation Alpine Weasel alpine-type facies Alpiniade alpinist alpinotype tectonics Alport's syndrome ALPR Alps Alps, Australian ALS Alsace Alsace-Lorraine Alsatia Alsatian Alsatians alsbachite Alsea Bay Historic Interpretive Center Alsen Alshvang, Arnold Alshvang, Arnold Aleksandrovich Alsifer alsifilm alsike alsike clover Alsop, Joseph Alsop, Joseph, Jr. Alsop, Richard Alsop, Stewart alstonite Alsunga alt			Alpinotype orogeny Alpinotype orogeny alpinotype tectonics ALPIP ALPIS Alpist ALPIT ALPL ALPLM ALPLP ALPM ALPMA ALPMI ALPMS ALPN ALPNA Alpo ALPOA ALPOJ Alport syndrome Alport syndrome Alport syndrome and mental retardation Alport Syndrome Home Page Alport Syndrome with Macrothrombocytopenia Alport Syndrome, X-Linked Alport Syndrome-Like Hereditary Nephritis Alport's syndrome Alpos ALPP Alpr Alpr Alpram Alprax Alprax alprazolam alprazolam alprenolol ALPROJ alprostadil Alprox-TD ALPRU Alps Alps Alps Alps ALPS Distributors, Inc. Alps mountains Alps mountains ALPS Tunneling Protocol Alps, Australian Alps, Australian Alps, Southern Alps, Southern ALPSA ALPSM ALPSP ALPSS

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