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polycystic kidney diseases

Friday 24 October 2003

PKDs, polycystic renal diseases, renal polycystosis

Images

 Autosomal dominant polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)

Digital cases (Digital slides)

 HPC4 : autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
 UI:763 : autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

Classification

 autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

  • mutations in PKD1 (MIM.601313) (16p13) (ADPKD1)
  • mutations in PKD2 (MIM.173910) (4q21-q23) (ADPKD2)
  • mutations in PKD3 (MIM.600666) (ADPKD3)

 autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD)(mutation in the gene PKHD1 at 6p21.1-p12 encoding fibrocystin) (MIM.606702)

  • renal ARPKD
  • hepatic ARPKD
  • pancreatic ARPKD

Differential diagnosis

 multicystic renal dysplasia (MRD)

Videos

 Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)

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See also

  renal cysts (cystic kidneys)

Links

 Renal cystic disease (polycystic kidney at GFMER, Geneva

References

 Fischer E, Legue E, Doyen A, Nato F, Nicolas JF, Torres V, Yaniv M, Pontoglio M. Defective planar cell polarity in polycystic kidney disease. Nat Genet. 2006 Jan;38(1):21-3. PMID: 16341222

 Wilson PD. Polycystic kidney disease. N Engl J Med. 2004 Jan 8;350(2):151-64. PMID: 14711914

 Harris PC. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: clues to pathogenesis. Hum Mol Genet. 1999;8(10):1861-6. PMID: 10469838

 Wilson PD. Polycystic kidney disease: new understanding in the pathogenesis. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2004 Oct;36(10):1868-73. PMID: 15203099

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