title: Macular flecks in a 5-year-old boy with Alport's syndrome.
abstract: We examined a Japanese family with Alport's syndrome; four members of family showed hematuria or renal failure and two had a hearing disturbance. The proband was a 5-year-old boy who had hematuria but normal renal function and yellow-white flecks in the perimacular region of both eyes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shimane Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanamori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayasaka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Furuse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Setogawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009394:Nephritis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D010375:Pedigree