Clinical characterization of polycystic kidney diseases in infants and children /
التوصيف الاكلينيكى لمرض التكيسات الكلوية التعددية فى الأطفال والرضع
Ahmed Ibrahim Abulkhir Khayyal ; Supervised Neveen Abdelmonem Soliman , Hafez Mahmoud Bazaraa , Inas Abdalla Ali
- Cairo : Ahmed Ibrahim Abulkhir Khayyal , 2012
- 93P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disorder characterized by bilaterally enlarged cystic kidneys without dysplasia . Te two major forms autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) and autosomal - dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) have significant overlap in clinical presenttion and radiographic features . His descriptive study was designed to assess the clinical phenotypes of Egyptian infants and children wirh PKD presenting to Cairo University center of pediatric nephrology and transplantation as a referral center