Minigene splicing assays reveal new insights into exonicvariants of theSLC12A3 gene inGitelman Syndrome.
Xiaomeng Shi1, Qihua Liu2, Ruixiao Zhang1, Zhiying Liu1, Wencong Guo1, Sai Wang1, 3, Xuyan Liu1, Yanhua Lang1, Irene Bottillo4, Leping Shao1
1Department of Nephrology, the Affiliated Qingdao Municipal Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
2Departmen of Material Supply Management, the Affiliated Qingdao Municipal Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
3Department of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
4Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Corresponding Author:Leping Shao, Department of Nephrology, the Affiliated Qingdao Municipal Hospital of Qingdao University, No.5 Donghai Middle Road, Qingdao 266071, P.R. China. Tel: +86053288995553; Fax: +8653282911093; E-mail: