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Molecular and cellular pathophysiology of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD).
Cell and tissue research - 1 Dec 2006
Sweeney William E, Avner Ellis D
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) belongs to a group of congenital hepatorenal fibrocystic syndromes characterized by dual renal and hepatic involvement of variable severity. Despite the wide clinical spectrum of ARPKD (MIM 263200), genetic linkage studies indicate that mutations at a single locus, PKHD1 (polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1), located on human chromosome region 6p21.1-p12,...
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