Intrafamilial occurrence of tubulointerstitial nephritis with uveitis and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
Zaoutis, L.B.; Rose, C.D.; McKay, C.P.
Journal of Rheumatology 26(11): 2496-2498
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0315-162X PMID: 10555918 Document Number: 508116
We describe a child with acute tubular dysfunction, reversible renal failure, and uveitis, whose father has Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome. This is the first reported familial association of these 2 syndromes with distinctively overlapping clinical characteristics. A pathogeneic association is proposed.