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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in University Clinic of Nephrology and Haemodialysis of Cotonou: clinical and genetical findings.
Genetic counseling (Geneva, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2012
Laleye A, Awede B, Agboton B, Azonbakin S, Biaou O, Sagbo G, Adjagba M, Audrezet M P, Ferec C, Darboux R
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common hereditary kidney disease, but poorly studied in Africa. Its frequency in the University Clinic of Nephrology and Hemodialysis of Cotonou during the ten last years was 7 cases per year with a hospital prevalence estimated at 18 per 1000. The mean age of patients was 47.2 years extending from 29 to 70 years. Males were predominant with a sex...
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