PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - M Marlais AU - R J Coward TI - Genetics and the nephron AID - 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304369 DP - 2014 Apr 01 TA - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition PG - 73--79 VI - 99 IP - 2 4099 - http://ep.bmj.com/content/99/2/73.short 4100 - http://ep.bmj.com/content/99/2/73.full SO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2014 Apr 01; 99 AB - There have been phenomenal advances in our understanding of renal biology over the last 20 years through our ability to define the genetic mutations causing kidney disease in children. This review will take you through a trip down the nephron and highlight how these conditions may present to the paediatrician and the molecular basis for their biological effects.