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Emphysematous polycystic infection in a patient on peritoneal dialysis
Emphysematous infection of the cysts in patients with polycystic kidney disease is very rare and seldom reported. We herein report a case of emphysematous polycystic infection in a 61-year-old male patient who was on peritoneal dialysis for end-stage ...
Shankar Prasad Nagaraju+3 more
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Identification, Characterization, and Localization of a Novel Kidney Polycystin-1-Polycystin-2 Complex [PDF]
The functions of the two proteins defective in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, polycystin-1 and polycystin-2, have not been fully clarified, but it has been hypothesized that they may heterodimerize to form a "polycystin complex" involved ...
Ackermann+43 more
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Inverting the patient involvement paradigm: defining patient led research
Plain English Summary Patients usually understand their disease and lifestyle needs better than many medical professionals. They also have important ideas about what research would be most beneficial to their lives, especially on how to manage symptoms ...
Laura B. Mader+4 more
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Horseshoe kidney is the most common renal fusion anomaly occurring in 0.15–0.25% of the general population. Horseshoe kidney is usually asymptomatic but may present with disease-like infections, urolithiasis, malignancy, polycystic disease, and other ...
Ayun Cassell+9 more
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POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY IN AN INFANT [PDF]
Cases of polycystic kidney observed in infancy, with necropsy findings, are still sufficiently rare to justify the report of the following case. REPORT OF CASE History. —E. S., of Syrian parentage, born July 1, 1916, of healthy parents. There were several other children in the family who were well and healthy.
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Polycystic horseshoe kidney [PDF]
Polycystic horseshoe kidney is thought to representtwo separate renal diseases. Horseshoe kidney is arenal fusion anomaly during embryogenesis; auto-somal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)is a hereditary disorder due to mutations in thegenes responsible for the expression of the proteinspolycystin 1 (ADPKD1) and polycystin 2 (ADPKD2 ...
Luis Alberto Batista Peres+2 more
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Perioperative Management of Hysterectomy in a Patient with Polycystic Kidney Disease [PDF]
Polycystic disease of the kidney, inherited as an autosomal dominant trait is characterised by progressive expansion of numerous fluidfilled cysts resulting in massive enlargement of the kidneys ultimately resulting in kidney failure. An understanding of
Savitri. K., Ashwini. H.R., Sreedevi. S.
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Identification of an N-terminal glycogen synthase kinase 3 phosphorylation site which regulates the functional localisation of polycystin-2 in vivo and in vitro [PDF]
PKD2 is mutated in 15% of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Polycystin-2 (PC2), the PKD2 protein, is a nonselective Ca2 + -permeable cation channel which may function at the cell surface and ER. Nevertheless, the factors
Kane, M.E.+4 more
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Putative roles of cilia in polycystic kidney disease [PDF]
The last 10years has witnessed an explosion in research into roles of cilia in cystic renal disease. Cilia are membrane-enclosed finger-like projections from the cell, usually on the apical surface or facing into a lumen, duct or airway.
Jenkins, Dagan, Winyard, Paul
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Kidney cysts are the most common kidney lesion, while congenital kidney cysts are mostly found in pediatric population. Neonatal kidney cysts can develop due to fetal malformations, rare genetic disorders or can be acquired which is very rare.
Dovilė Ruzgienė+4 more
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