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polycystic kidney diseases

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ARPKD at 34 weeks ARPKD at 34 weeks ARPKD at 34 weeks ARPKD kidney in a neonate (1 month) ARPKD kidney in a neonate (1 month) ARPKD kidney in a neonate (1 month) ARPKD kidney in a neonate (1 month)
PKDs, polycystic renal diseases, renal polycystosis

Classification

- autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

- autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD)(mutation in the gene PKHD1 at 6p21.1-p12 encoding fibrocystin) (MIM.606702)

Differential diagnosis

- multicystic renal dysplasia (MRD)

Videos

- Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

See also

- renal cysts (cystic kidneys)

References

- Fischer E, Legue E, Doyen A, Nato F, Nicolas JF, Torres V, Yaniv M, Pontoglio M. Defective planar cell polarity in polycystic kidney disease. Nat Genet. 2006 Jan;38(1):21-3. PMID: 16341222

- Wilson PD. Polycystic kidney disease. N Engl J Med. 2004 Jan 8;350(2):151-64. PMID: 14711914

- Harris PC. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: clues to pathogenesis. Hum Mol Genet. 1999;8(10):1861-6. PMID: 10469838

- Wilson PD. Polycystic kidney disease: new understanding in the pathogenesis. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2004 Oct;36(10):1868-73. PMID: 15203099