Hereditary Nephritis
Authors: PETER V. TISHLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1978)

Letters and Corrections1 August 1978Hereditary NephritisPETER V. TISHLER, M.D.PETER V. TISHLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-89-2-285_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: The recent paper by O'Neill, Atkin, and Bloomer, "Hereditary Nephritis: A Re-examination of its Clinical and Genetic Features" (Ann Intern Med88:176-182, 1978) deserves wide reading, because hereditary nephritis is not an uncommon cause of life-threatening renal disease, particularly in males. Unfortunately, this syndrome is not widely known, and the diagnosis frequently may be missed as a result. Moreover, except for the electron microscopic examination of renal biopsy specimens, the diagnostic criteria advanced by these authors and by others (1) are not pathognomonic for this syndrome. Thus even the tuned-in physician's suspicion of hereditary nephritis may not...References1. TISHLER P and ROSNER B: The genetics of the Alport syndrome. Birth Defects 10:93-99, 1974 MedlineGoogle Scholar2. GRÜNFELD J, BOIS E, and HINGLAIS N: Progressive and nonprogressive hereditary nephritis. Kidney Int 4:216-228, 1973 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. MCKUSICK V: Mendelian Inheritance in Man. Catalogs of Autosomal Dominant, Autosomal Recessive, and X-linked Phenotypes, 4th ed. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975, pp. 16-17 Google Scholar4. GABOARDI F, EDEFONTI A, IMBASCIATI E, TARANTINO A, MIHATSCH M, and ZOLLINGER H: Alport's syndrome (progressive hereditary nephritis). Clin Nephrol 2:143-156, 1974 MedlineGoogle Scholar5. DZIUBA P, KOBIERSKA-SZCZEPANSKA A, and JONCZYK K: Genetical investigations of familial nephropathy. Genetica Polonica 16:229-233, 1975 Google Scholar6. KOHAUT E, SINGER D, NEVELS B, and HILL L: The specificity of split renal membranes in hereditary nephritis. Arch Pathol Lab Med 100:475-479, 1976 MedlineGoogle Scholar1. GRAHAM J: Hereditary chronic kidney disease: an alternative to partial sex-linkage in the Utah kindred. Am J Hum Genet 11:333-338, 1959 MedlineGoogle Scholar2. SANDLER L and NOVITSKI E: Meiotic drive as an evolutionary force. Am Naturalist 91:105-110, 1957 CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GRÜNFELD J, BOIS E, and HINGLAIS N: Progressive and nonprogressive hereditary nephritis. Kidney Int 4:216-228, 1973 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. KOHAUT E, SINGER D, NEVELS B, and HILL L: The specificity of split renal membranes in hereditary nephritis. Arch Pathol Lab Med 100:475-479, 1976 MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: PETER V. TISHLER, M.D.Affiliations: Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 02115 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe clinical spectrum of hereditary nephritisGlomerular diseaseHealthy female carriers of a gene for the Alport syndrome: Importance for genetic counseling 1 August 1978Volume 89, Issue 2Page: 285-286KeywordsBiopsyClinical geneticsElectron microscopyGenetic diseasesNephritisRenal diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1978 PDF downloadLoading ...