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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Thin basement membrane disease (TBMD) is one of the inherited disorder of kidney affecting glomeruli. It is also known as Thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN) or thin membrane nephropathy or thin GBM syndrome or benign familial hematuria or benign familial essential hematuria or congenita hereditary hematuria or hereditary hematuria or familial hematuric nephritis or benign hereditary nephritis. Being the most frequent cause of familial hematuria TBMN is affecting 1% of population.[1] 40% of TBMN is caused by germline mutation in COL4A3, COL4A4 genes, but female carrier with COL4A5 mutation may develop TBMN. [2]
References
- ↑ Savige J, Rana K, Tonna S, Buzza M, Dagher H, Wang YY (October 2003). "Thin basement membrane nephropathy". Kidney Int. 64 (4): 1169–78. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00234.x. PMID 12969134.
- ↑ Buzza M, Wilson D, Savige J (May 2001). "Segregation of hematuria in thin basement membrane disease with haplotypes at the loci for Alport syndrome". Kidney Int. 59 (5): 1670–6. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590051670.x. PMID 11318937.