THBD

WES in FUO

What is FUO? FUO is acronym for Fever of Unknown Origin. FUO has been first defined by Petersdorf and Beeson in 1961 as a fever lasting more than 3 weeks, with a temperature over 38.3 °C on several occasions. FUO still represents a challlenge for Diagnostics in several clinical cases. Apart from infective, autoimmune and

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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

Recommended panel testing at Breda Genetics for this condition: Dense deposit disease, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis II, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome & thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (ADAMTS13, C3, CD46, CFB, CFHR1, CFHR3, CFHR4, CFHR5, CFH, CFI, DGKE, LMNA, LCAT, THBD) A classification needed first There is a high degree of overlapping information about the genetics of membranoproliferative glomerulonephrites (MPGN)

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