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Affected parent sex and severity of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a retrospective cohort study .
Clinical nephrology - 1 Mar 2018
Nowak Kristen L, Chonchol Michel, You Zhiying, Gupta Malika, Gitomer Berenice
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Parental inheritance may differentially affect autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (-ADPKD) severity via genetic imprinting or in utero epigenetic modifications; however, evidence is inconsistent. We conducted a longitudinal retrospective cohort study to assess the association between sex of the affected parent and time to hypertension diagnosis, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and death in...
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