Polycystic kidney disease, adult (autosomal dominant)

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Description of Polycystic kidney disease, adult (autosomal dominant)

Polycystic kidney disease, adult (autosomal dominant): A genetic disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance characterized by multiple cysts in both kidneys and progressive deterioration of renal function. Type 1 is usually caused by a mutant gene at the PKD1 locus on the short arm of chromosome 16, though mutations elsewhere in the genome can also cause the disease. The age of onset of symptoms varies widely.
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• Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
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• adult polycystic kidney disease - General Practice Notebook
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• eMedicine - Polycystic Kidney Disease : Article by Henrique M Lederman, MD, PhD
• OMIM - POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE 2; PKD2
• OMIM - POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE 3, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT; PKD3
• OMIM - POLYCYSTIC KIDNEYS
• Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• ADPKD -Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• eMedicine - Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease : Article by Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCP, FRCR

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