 Polycystic Kidney Diseases
"Polycystic Kidney Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Hereditary diseases that are characterized by the progressive expansion of a large number of tightly packed CYSTS within the KIDNEYS. They include diseases with autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inheritance.
| Descriptor ID |
D007690
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.419.403.875 C13.351.968.419.403.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Polycystic Kidney Diseases- Polycystic Kidney Diseases
- Disease, Polycystic Kidney
- Diseases, Polycystic Kidney
- Kidney Disease, Polycystic
- Kidney Diseases, Polycystic
- Polycystic Renal Disease
- Disease, Polycystic Renal
- Diseases, Polycystic Renal
- Polycystic Renal Diseases
- Renal Disease, Polycystic
- Renal Diseases, Polycystic
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
Kidney, Polycystic- Kidney, Polycystic
- Kidneys, Polycystic
- Polycystic Kidneys
- Polycystic Kidney
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polycystic Kidney Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Yoder BK, Tousson A, Millican L, Wu JH, Bugg CE, Schafer JA, Balkovetz DF. Polaris, a protein disrupted in orpk mutant mice, is required for assembly of renal cilium. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2002 Mar; 282(3):F541-52.
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Cherullo EE, Hobart MG, Chow GK, Gill IS. Caliceal injury during laparoscopic cyst decortication in adult polycystic kidney disease. J Urol. 1999 Oct; 162(4):1367-8.
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