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Barakat's syndrome
Associated persons:
Amin J. Barakat
Description:
A familial nephrosis characterized by proteinuria, progressive renal failure, bilateral nerve deafness, and hypoparathyroidism. Nephrosis, steroid resistant. Only one family described. Death within a few months. Inheritance is autosomal recessive or x-linked.
Bibliography:
- A. Y. Barakat:
Personal Communication. Falls Church, Va., 9/19/1997.
- A. Y. Barakat, J. B. D'Albora, M. M. Martin, et al:
Familial nephrosis, nerve deafness and hypoparathyroidism.
Journal of Pediatrics, St. Louis, 1977, 91: 61-64.
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