Unanswered Questions About Microscopic Hematuria With Tubulopathy
Guy H. Neild, D. Deren Oygar, Ahmet Behlul, Salahi Ataçi, Meral Yükseliş, Simge Özadalı, Fezile Ozdemir, Hasan Hüseyin Kazan, Daniel P. Gale, Cemal Gurkan · 2026
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Guy H. Neild writes with colleagues, in a 2026 letter, about families who have blood in the urine and kidney tubule disease yet lack a clear genetic answer. A United States study found harmful variants in collagen genes in only about a third of similar patients. Experience in Cyprus points the same way.
The authors describe twenty Cypriot families with no overt collagen mutations. Most affected members had microscopic bleeding at some point, blood pressure was raised in all, and protein in urine stayed low. Kidney failure still developed in a quarter of older adults. Half carried one of three common collagen variants not classed as harmful. They suggest such variants may predispose to disease alongside other genetic or environmental factors.
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| CREATOR | Guy H. Neild, D. Deren Oygar, Ahmet Behlul, Salahi Ataçi, Meral Yükseliş, Simge Özadalı, Fezile Ozdemir, Hasan Hüseyin Kazan, Daniel P. Gale, Cemal Gurkan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |