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What’s new for ADPKD in 2016? 

October 19, 2016by KT Leave a comment

F1000 Reviews are commissioned articles by experts in the field made available on the Open Science publishing platform.  In August if this year Mao, Chong and Ong (I am not […]

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16 or 4

November 10, 2014by KT Leave a comment

                Genes are carried on chromosomes and the two that are important in PKD are chromosomes 16 and 4. I am not going […]

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References and Bibliography (not comprehensive)

  • Aneurysm Screening in young people (Egypt) 2016
  • Belibi on caffeine, 2002
  • Blood pressure in early PKD
  • British Transplant Society
  • Cerebral Aneurysm Screening
  • Chapman on Kidney Volume
  • Ciliopathies
  • Family History predicts mutated gene
  • Moderate salt restriction (paper)
  • Pain Management in PKD, 2001
  • PKD Cell Biology
  • PKD1 on OMIM
  • PKD2 on OMIM
  • PLD risk factors
  • Radiopaedia on ADPKD

Useful places

  • Medscape (US)
  • National Kidney Federation (UK)
  • National Kidney Foundation (US)
  • Patient.co.uk
  • Pinkbikepinksand
  • PKD Australia
  • PKD Charity (UK)
  • PKD Foundation
  • PKD Foundation of Canada
  • PKD International
Caffeine (Image: chem242.wikispacesclassroom.com)
Caffeine (Image: chem242.wikispacesclassroom.com)
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MRI ADPKD (image: radiopedia)
MRI ADPKD (image: radiopedia)
MRI of cystic kidneys in ADPKD (image radiopaedia.org)
MRI of cystic kidneys in ADPKD (image radiopaedia.org)
Fire sponge: a painful encounter (note the similarity with a cystic kidney)
Fire sponge: a painful encounter (note the similarity with a cystic kidney)
PKD chromosomes from PKD Foundation
PKD chromosomes from PKD Foundation
Watercolour drawing showing two views of a polycystic kidney. One view shows the external surface of the kidney, the other when the organ is bisected. 1880 George Francis Teniswood (Wellcome Images)
Watercolour drawing showing two views of a polycystic kidney. One view shows the external surface of the kidney, the other when the organ is bisected. 1880 George Francis Teniswood (Wellcome Images)
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Mass effect
CT scan of Polycystic kidneys
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Kidney anatomical section
Kidney anatomical section
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Arteries of the brain
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