Article
Detection of a novel mutation in a Tunisian child with polycystic kidney disease.
IUBMB life - 1 Aug 2020
Abdelwahed Mayssa, Hilbert Pascale, Ahmed Asma, Dey Mouna, Kamoun Hassen, Ammar-Keskes Leila, Belguith Neïla
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is the most common monogenic disease that has an adverse impact on the patients' health and quality of life. ADPKD is usually known as "adult-type disease," but rare cases have been reported in pediatric patients. We present here a 2-year-old Tunisian girl with renal cyst formation and her mother with adult onset ADPKD. Disease-causing mutation has been...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
