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Nephronophthisis: diagnostic difficulties and recent advances in molecular genetic diagnostics

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Komatsuda, A., Wakui, H. Nephronophthisis: diagnostic difficulties and recent advances in molecular genetic diagnostics. Clin Exp Nephrol 9, 340–342 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-005-0383-6

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