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Clinico-pathologic findings in medullary cystic kidney disease type 2.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jun 2005
Bleyer Anthony J, Hart Thomas C, Willingham Mark C, Iskandar Samy S, Gorry Michael C, Trachtman Howard
Abstract excerpt
Medullary cystic kidney disease type 2 is an uncommon autosomal dominant condition characterized by juvenile onset hyperuricemia, precocious gout and chronic renal failure progressing to end-stage renal disease in the 4th through 7th decades of life. A family suffering from this condition is described. The patient in the index case presented with renal insufficiency as a child. A renal biopsy revealed tubular...
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