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Quiz Page November 2008: A Family History of Kidney Failure and Hearing Loss

Pedigree of the family. For each symbol, a filled upper half denotes decreased kidney function, a filled lower left quarter indicates urticaria, and a filled lower right quarter corresponds to deafnes

Pedigree of the family. For each symbol, a filled upper half denotes decreased kidney function, a filled lower left quarter indicates urticaria, and a filled lower right quarter corresponds to deafness. Arrow, index patient.
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Micrograph of the patient's native kidney obtained at autopsy. (A) Congo Red staining. (B) The slide under polarized light.

Micrograph of the patient's native kidney obtained at autopsy. (A) Congo Red staining. (B) The slide under polarized light.
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Case provided and authored by Joke I. Roodnat MD, PhD,¹ Esther de Theije-Kors, MD,² Jan J. Weening, MD, PhD,³ Willem Weimar, MD, PhD,¹ Paul L.A. van Daele, MD, PhD,⁴ Departments of ¹Internal Medicine and Nephrology, ²Clinical Genetics, ³Pathology, and ⁴Internal Medicine and Immunology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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PII: S0272-6386(08)01098-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.07.005

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