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      Chromosome 4 localization of a second gene for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease 

      Peters, D. J. M.; Spruit, L.; Saris, J. J.; Ravine, D.; Sandkuijl, L. A.; Fossdal, R.; Boersma, J.; van Eijk, R.; Nørby, S.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Briessenden, J. E.; Frants, R. R.; van Ommen, G. -J B.; Breuning, M. H. (1993)
      Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder. A gene defect located on the short arm of chromosome 16 is responsible for the disease in roughly 86% of affected European ...
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      Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) mutations occur frequently in the Greek-Cypriot population of Cyprus 

      Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D.; Mean, R.; Rossou, Elena; Costi, Constantina Eleni; Koupepidou, P.; Hadjiyanni, I.; Koptides, Michael; Hadjiroussos, V.; Petrou, P.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Lamnissou, Klea; Koptides, M. (2002)
      Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease of high prevalence within Mediterranean countries and particularly common in four ethnic populations: Arabs, non-Ashkenazi Jews, Armenians, and Turks. ...
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      Novel PKD1 deletions and missense variants in a cohort of Hellenic polycystic kidney disease families 

      Bouba, I.; Koptides, Michael; Mean, R.; Costi, Constantina Eleni; Demetriou, Kyproula; Georgiou, Ioannis A.; Pierides, Alkis M.; Siamopoulos, K.; Constantinou-Deltas, Constantinos D. (2001)
      The autosomal dominant form of polycystic kidney disease is a very frequent genetically heterogeneous inherited condition affecting approximately 1: 1000 individuals of the Caucasian population. The main symptom is the ...