Article
Age- and height-adjusted total kidney volume growth rate in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseases.
Clinical and experimental nephrology - 1 Jan 2019
Higashihara Eiji, Yamamoto Kouji, Kaname Shinya, Okegawa Takatsugu, Tanbo Mitsuhiro, Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi, Shigemori Kaori, Miyazaki Isao, Yokoyama Kenichi, Nutahara Kikuo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Mayo Clinic Image Classification (MIC) was proposed as a renal prognosis prediction model for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). MIC is based on the assumption of exponential constant increase in height-adjusted total kidney volume (HtTKV). HtTKV growth rate is calculated by one-time measurement of HtTKV and age. We named it as an age-adjusted HtTKV growth rate (AHTKV-α)....
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