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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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Alport's syndrome (redirected from Alport syndrome)

Alport's syndrome
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