Journal article
Prognosis of adult onset polycystic kidney disease re-evaluated
Abstract
To appraise the prognosis of adult onset polycystic kidney disease (APKD), an inception cohort containing 140 subjects from 17 kindreds was assembled. Multiple renal cysts, demonstrable by ultrasonography, or clinical APKD, or both were present in 100 subjects. APKD was predicted in 32 subjects unavailable for ultrasonography and could not be excluded in eight deceased subjects. All had been at risk for endstage renal disease (ESRD) since …
Authors
Churchill DN; Bear JC; Morgan J; Payne RH; McManamon PJ; Gault MH
Journal
Kidney International, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 190–193
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 1984
DOI
10.1038/ki.1984.154
ISSN
0085-2538