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The Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) population has an increased risk for a variety of recessive diseases due to historical founder effects and genetic drift. For some, the disease‐causing founder mutations have been identified and well‐characterized, but for others, further study is necessary. The purpose of this study is to assess the carrier frequencies of 85 pathogenic variants causative of 29 recessive...
Alport syndrome is an inherited progressive nephropathy arising from mutations in the type IV collagen genes, COL4A3, COL4A4, and COL4A5. Symptoms also include sensorineural hearing loss and ocular lesions. We determined the molecular basis of Alport syndrome in a non‐consanguineous Ashkenazi Jewish family with multiple affected females using linkage analysis and next generation sequencing. We identified...
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