2017年5月3日 · Alport syndrome is a genetic disease causing kidney damage, hearing loss, and eye problems. Learn about its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments for kidney health.

2022年9月19日 · Alport syndrome is a condition that affects your kidneys. Mutations in your collagen genes cause Alport syndrome. Symptoms include blood and protein in your pee and hearing and vision loss. It may also cause kidney failure. …

2024年3月21日 · Alport syndrome is a genetic condition that is passed from parent to child through the X-chromosome. This is one of the two chromosomes that determines if someone is born biologically male (when you have one X and one Y chromosome) or female (when you have two X chromosomes).

2024年5月31日 · Alport syndrome (AS) is a rare genetic disorder of the glomerular basement membrane (part of the kidney’s filtration system). It is the second most common cause of inherited chronic kidney disease (CKD) after polycystic kidney disease. The condition can also cause hearing loss and may cause minor eye problems in some people.

2020年9月6日 · Alport syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by kidney disease, loss of hearing, and eye abnormalities. It occurs due to an abnormality of a gene that codes for type 4 collagen and usually presents in patients with hematuria, edema, and hypertension.

Alport syndrome is a rare kidney disease that is genetically passed down in families from parents to children, though sometimes it can occur spontaneously and you might be the first one in your family to have it.

Alport syndrome is a disease of the filter part of the kidneys. It is caused by large or particularly severe mutations in the genes which code for collagen, a protein that helps build the part of the kidney filters (glomeruli) that is called the basement membrane.

2024年3月25日 · Alport syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by progressive kidney disease and abnormalities of the inner ear and the eye. There are three genetic types. X-linked Alport syndrome (XLAS) is the most common; in these families affected males typically have more severe disease than affected females.

Alport syndrome is a hereditary (genetic) disorder that results in glomerulonephritis in which kidney function is poor, blood is present in the urine, and deafness and eye abnormalities sometimes occur.

Alport syndrome is an inherited form of kidney inflammation (nephritis). It is caused by a defect (mutation) in a gene for a protein in the connective tissue, called collagen. The disorder is rare.