title: Intrafamilial occurrence of tubulointerstitial nephritis with uveitis and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.
abstract: We describe a child with acute tubular dysfunction, reversible renal failure, and uveitis, whose father has Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome. This is the first reported familial association of these 2 syndromes with distinctively overlapping clinical characteristics. A pathogenic association is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware 19899, USA.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Zaoutis
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: McKay
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*