Diseases

Polycystic Kidney Diseases

Hereditary diseases that are characterized by the progressive expansion of a large number of tightly packed CYSTS within the KIDNEYS. They include diseases with autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inheritance.

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Abstract

Hereditary diseases that are characterized by the progressive expansion of a large number of tightly packed CYSTS within the KIDNEYS. They include diseases with autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inheritance.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Polycystic Kidney Disease
  • Polycystic Renal Disease
  • Disease, Polycystic Kidney
  • Disease, Polycystic Renal
  • Diseases, Polycystic Kidney
  • Diseases, Polycystic Renal
  • Kidney Disease, Polycystic
  • Kidney Diseases, Polycystic
  • Polycystic Renal Diseases
  • Renal Disease, Polycystic
  • Renal Diseases, Polycystic
  • Kidney, Polycystic
  • Polycystic Kidney
  • Polycystic Kidneys
  • Kidneys, Polycystic

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

KIDNEY, CYSTIC and MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY are also available; prefer specifics

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History Note

1991

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NLM Classification

WJ 358

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Polycystic Kidney Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007690. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007690
  2. Polycystic Kidney Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60195313