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What is the history of Alport Syndrome?
When was Alport Syndrome discovered? What is the story of this discovery? Was it coincidence or not?
Alport syndrome is named after British doctor A. Cecil Alport, who in 1927 described three generations of a family with combinations of progressive hereditary nephritis and deafness. Dr. Alport also observed that blood in the urine (hematuria) was the most common symptom and that males were affected more severely than females. Subsequently, many more families were described and the disease was named Alport syndrome in 1961.
Posted Feb 6, 2018 by Reata Pharmaceuticals - CARDINAL Study for Alport Syndrome
