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Therapeutic advances in the treatment of polycystic kidney disease.
Nephron. Clinical practice - 1 Jan 2014
Riella Cristian, Czarnecki Peter G, Steinman Theodore I
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The spectrum of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) comprises a family of inherited syndromes defined by renal cyst formation and growth, progressive renal function loss and variable extrarenal manifestations. The most common form, autosomal-dominant PKD is caused by mutations in one of two genes, PKD1 or PKD2. Recent developments in genomic and proteomic medicine have resulted in the discovery of novel genes...
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