Jansen JJ, Maassen JA, Van der Woude FJ, Lemmink HA, et al
Mutation in mitochondrial tRNA(Leu(UUR)) gene associated with
progressive kidney disease
J Am Soc Nephrol
(Jul) 8:1118-1124 1997

All inherited kidney disease associated with progressive renal failure is not
Alport
syndrome. This paper describes another inherited mechanism associated with
maternally
inherited diabetes and deafness and a mutation in mitochondrial DNA. The
abstract of this
paper is available from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed site:
click here .