Alport's syndrome--a case report.
Alport's syndrome (hereditary nephritis with deafness), is an uncommon disease and is seen very infrequently in India. We report a fatal case in a young girl with characteristic ultrastructural changes in the kidney thus emphasising the exception noted in the observation that females have a better prognosis compared to males.
Prasad
R A
RA
Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Pondicherry.
Bhatnagar
R K
RK
Ratnakar
C
C
Veliath
A J
AJ
D000293:Adolescent; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009394:Nephritis, Hereditary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy