RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Genetics and the nephron JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP 73 OP 79 DO 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304369 VO 99 IS 2 A1 M Marlais A1 R J Coward YR 2014 UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/99/2/73.abstract 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.