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PROF JUDITH SAVIGE



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - Austin Health and Northern Health
Position: CHAIR OF MEDICINE AT NORTHERN HEALTH
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Homepage: jasavige@unimelb.edu.au
Work: 8405 8823
Fax: 8405 8724
Building: No Building
Campus: Northern Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Clinical Nephrology and Urology Moecular genetics Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of London
Bachelor of Medicine University of London
Doctor of Philosophy University of London

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The risks of Thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN) Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2004
Prevalence, incidence and risk factors for delirium in a culturally diverseelderlly inpatient population Principal Supervisor NHMRC Medical & Dental Postgraduate Scholarships 01/01/2004
Genetic risk factors for renal impairment in thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN) Principal Supervisor NHMRC Dora Lush Biomedical Postgraduate Scholarship 01/01/2004
Development of a Screening Test for X-linked Alport Syndrome Chief Investigator ANZ EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEE COMPANY LTD Medical Research and Technology Grants (ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS) 22/12/2004
A 'real time' PCR machine Chief Investigator RAMACIOTTI FOUNDATION Major Equipment Grant 01/01/2005
The Development of s diagnsotic assay for X-linked Alport syndrome Chief Investigator AUST KIDNEY FOUNDATION Medical Research Seeding Grants 01/01/2005
THE R229Q MUTATION IN THE SLIT DIAPHRAGM PODOCIN GENE PREDISPOSES TO PROTEINURIA AND PROGRESSIVE RENAL IMPAIRMENT IN DIABETIC & OTHER NEPHROPATHIES Chief Investigator KIDNEY HEALTH AUST Seeding Grant 01/01/2007
ALPORT MUTATION DATABASE Chief Investigator ALPORT SYNDROME FOUNDATION Alport Mutation Databse 01/07/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Stem cell therapy for Alport syndrome:  the hope beyond the hype
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 731-734
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  • The dot-and-fleck retinopathy of X linked Alport syndrome is independent of complement factor H (CFH) gene polymorphisms
    Year: 2009
    Journal: British Journal of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 93
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 379-382
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  • The retinal  "lozenge" or "dull macular reflex'" in Alport syndrome may be associated with a severe retinopathy and early-onset renal failure
    Year: 2009
    Journal: British Journal of Ophthalmology
    Volume: 93
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 383-386
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Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Glomerulonephritis


    Year: 2008
    Book: Critical Care Nephrology
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Philadelphia)
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  • Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
    Year: 2008
    Book: Critical Care Nephrology
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Philadelphia)
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Journal Articles

  • Antigen-Specific ANCA ELISAs Have Different Sensitivities for Active and Treated Vasculitis and for Nonvasculitic Disease


    Year: 2008
    Journal: American Journal of Clinical Pathology
    Volume: 129
    Page numbers: 42-53
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  • Evaluation of a multiplex flow cytometric immunoassay to detect PR3- and MPO-ANCA in active and treated vasculitis, and in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Immunological Methods
    Volume: 336
    Page numbers: 104-112
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  • Array-based gene discovery with three unrelated subjects shows SCARB2/LIMP-2 deficiency causes myoclonus epilepsy and glomerulosclerosis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics
    Volume: 82
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 673-684
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  • NPHS2 variation in focal and segmental glomerulosclerisis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Nephrology
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 13
    Page numbers: 1-10
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  • Novel human pathological mutations - Gene symbol COL4A5 Disease Alport Syndrome
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Human Genetics
    Volume: 124
    Page numbers: 301
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  • Novel human pathological mutations - Gene symbol: COL14A5. Disease: Alport Syndrome
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Human Genetics
    Volume: 124
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 301-2
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  • Retinal atrophy associated with FSGS in a patient with MELAS syndrome
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 74
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 252
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  • Testing on formalin-fixed neutrophils is less sensitive and specific for small vessel vasculitis, and less sensitive for MPO-ANCA, than most ELISAs
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Immunological Methods
    Volume: 339
    Page numbers: 141-145
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  • The R229Q mutation in NPHS2 may predispose to proteinuria in thin-basement-membrane nephropathy
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Pediatric Nephrology
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 2201-2207
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  • The use of ocular abnormalities to diagnose X-linked Alport syndrome in children
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Pediatric Nephrology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 1245-1250
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Characterization of the peripheral retinopathy in X-linked and autosomal recessive Alport syndrome

    Year: 2007
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 104-108
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  • Do mutations in COL4A1 or COL4A2 cause thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN)?

    Year: 2007
    Journal: Pediatric Nephrology
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 645-651
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  • Nine novel COL4A3 and COL4A4 mutations and polymorphisms identified in inherited membrane diseases
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Pediatric Nephrology
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2007
    Page numbers: 652-657
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Anti-neutophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated microscopic polyangiitis following a suppurative wound infection
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2006
    Page numbers: 2993-2994
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Hematuria in thin basement membrane nephropathy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Seminars in Nephrology
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 146-148
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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  • The Epidemiology of Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Seminars in Nephrology
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 136-139
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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  • The genetics of thin membrane nephropathy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Seminars in Nephrology
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 163-170
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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  • The risks of thin basement membrane Nephropathy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Seminars in Nephrology
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 171-175
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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  • What do antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) tell us?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Best Practice and Research in Clinical Rheumatology
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 263-276
    Publisher: Bailliere Tindall(London)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • COL4A3 mutations and their clinical consequences in thin basement membrane nephropathy (TBMN)1
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 65
    Page numbers: 786-790
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • Diabetic Pyomyositis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Diabetes Care
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1743-1744
    Publisher: American Diabetes Association(Virginia)
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  • The binding of proteinase 3 antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (PR3-ANCA) varies in different ELISAs
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Pathology
    Volume: 57
    Page numbers: 303-308
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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  • Thin basement membrane nephropathy and coincidental renal biopsy lesions
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nephrology
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 52
    Page numbers: 52
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Addendum to the International Consensus statement on testing and reporting of Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
    Year: 2003
    Journal: American Journal of Clinical Pathology
    Volume: 120
    Page numbers: 312-318
    Publisher: American Society for Clinical Pathology
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  • Clinical, Histopathologic, and Genetic Studies in Nine Families with focal segmental Glomerulosclerosis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: American Journal of Kidney Diseases
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 6 (june)
    Page numbers: 1170-1178
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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  • Mutations in the COL4A4 gene in thin basement membrane disease
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 63
    Page numbers: 447-453
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • Thin basement membrane nephropathy
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 64
    Page numbers: 1169-1178
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • Visual impairment caused by retinal abnormalities in Mesangiocapillary (Membranoproliferative) Glomerulonephritis Type II ("Dense Deposit Disease")
    Year: 2003
    Journal: American Journal of Kidney Diseases
    Volume: 42
    Issue: No 2
    Page numbers: 1-4
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • A novel model of autosomal dominant Alport syndrome in Dalmatian dogs
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 2094-2098
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated systemic vasculitis after immunisation with bacterial proteins
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 783-789
    Publisher: Pacini Editore
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  • Correlation of histopathological features and renal impairment in autosomal dominant Alport syndrome in Bull terriers
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 1897-1908
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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  • Immunofluorescent patterns produced by antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) vary depending on neutrophil substrate and conjugate
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Pathology
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 680-683
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • A comparison of the clinical, histopathologic, and ultrastructural phenotypes in carriers of X-linked and autosomal recessive Alport's syndrome
    Year: 2001
    Journal: American Journal of Kidney Diseases
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1217-1228
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(Pennsylvania)
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  • Haematuria in asymptomatic individuals
    Year: 2001
    Journal: British Medical Journal
    Volume: 322
    Issue: 7292
    Page numbers: 942-943
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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  • Nonmuscle myosin heavy chain IIA mutations define a spectrum of autosomal dominat macrothrombocytopenias: May-Hegglin anomaly and Fechtner, Sebastian, Epstein, and Alport-like syndromes
    Year: 2001
    Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics
    Volume: 69
    Page numbers: 1033-1045
    Publisher: University of Chicago Press(Illinois)
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  • Segregation of hematuria in thin basement membrane disease with haplotypes at the loci for Alport syndrome
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 59
    Page numbers: 1670-1676
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • Testing for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Expert Reviews in Molecular Diagnosis
    Publisher: Future Drugs(London)
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