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Polycystic kidney disease re-evaluated: a population-based study.
The Quarterly journal of medicine - 1 Jun 1991
Davies F, Coles G A, Harper P S, Williams A J, Evans C, Cochlin D
Abstract excerpt
A genetic register of all known cases of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease occurring in South and Mid-Wales has been established. In a population of 2.1 million, 209 families with affected members were identified, 303 of whom are currently alive, 70 on renal replacement therapy. An additional 551 cases would be predicted amongst family members at 50 per cent and 25 per cent risk, giving an apparent...
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