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Significance of kidney biopsy in autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease-UMOD: is kidney biopsy truly nonspecific?
BMC nephrology - 4 Jan 2021
Onoe Tamehito, Hara Satoshi, Yamada Kazunori, Zoshima Takeshi, Mizushima Ichiro, Ito Kiyoaki, Mori Takayasu, Daimon Shoichiro, Muramoto Hiroaki, Shimizu Maki, Iguchi Akira, Kuma Akihiro, Ubara Yoshifumi, Mitobe Michihiro, Tsuruta Hiroaki, Kishimoto Nao, Imura Junko, Konoshita Tadashi, Kawano Mitsuhiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease (ADTKD) is a rare hereditary disease caused by a variety of genetic mutations. Carriers of a mutation in the responsible genes are at risk of reaching end-stage kidney disease typically in middle age. The frequency of this disease is assumed to be underestimated because of a lack of disease-specific signs. Pathological findings obtained from kidney...
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