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Use of patient derived urine renal epithelial cells to confirm pathogenicity of PKHD1 alleles.
BMC nephrology - 15 Oct 2020
Molinari Elisa, Srivastava Shalabh, Dewhurst Rebecca M, Sayer John A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: PKHD1 is the main genetic cause of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), a hereditary hepato-renal fibrocystic disorder which is the most important cause of end-stage renal disease during early childhood. ARPKD can also present in adulthood with milder phenotypes. In this study, we describe a 24-year-old woman with atypical polycystic kidney, no family history of renal disease and no...
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