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As a ciliopathy, NPH is caused by biallelic variants in genes encoding proteins involved in the structure and function of primary cilia. The broad clinical spectrum of NPH results in a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease, posing diagnostic challenges and leaving approximately 30% of cases unresolved with current gene panels.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n After targeted gene panel for ciliopathy-associated genes failed to identify diagnostic variants, exome sequencing (ES) was conducted on 42 unrelated index patients with a clinical diagnosis of NPH, defined as cystic nephropathy progressing to kidney failure within the first two decades of life, or by unspecific CKD accompanied by extrarenal features indicative of a ciliopathy.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants were identified in 11 of the 42 patients (26%). Variants were detected in known nephropathy genes (\n LAMB2<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n COQ8B<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n COL4A3<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n MUC1<\/jats:italic>\n ) and a multisystem disease gene with secondary kidney involvement (\n AGXT<\/jats:italic>\n ). In addition, ES elucidated deleterious variants explaining extrarenal phenotypes without corresponding kidney disease in six patients (\n APTX<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n TUBB3<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n DHX38<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n IQCE, CRX<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n RPGR<\/jats:italic>\n ). Variants of unknown significance were identified in three patients, while heterozygous variants in genes associated with recessive disease were observed in three others. A potential candidate gene for syndromic tubulointerstitial nephropathy,\n SSBP1<\/jats:italic>\n , was also identified, suggesting a novel pathway involving mitochondrial dysfunction.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n \n ES enabled the identification of pathogenic variants in known genes associated with kidney diseases, nonkidney conditions, and multisystem disorders with secondary kidney involvement, thereby improving diagnosis accuracy, even in incomplete or atypical cases, and guiding specific diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. 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