Genetics and CKD.

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The diagnosis of hereditary monogenic kidney diseases is frequently delayed, in part because of physicians' unfamiliarity with the relatively rare conditions or because of the late onset of symptoms in some patients. Molecular biology methods have clarified the underlying mutations in several types of CKD, and in the process have revealed previously unknown genes and pathogenetic pathways. Mutations affecting the...

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