Polycystic Kidney Disease And Enuresis

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Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disease that causes cysts to form in the kidneys.

These renal (of the kidney) cysts are filled with fluid and formed by individual nephrons, the subunits of the kidney. People with PKD may also have cysts in the liver, pancreas and other organs. About 10 to 15 percent may have swellings in the walls of blood vessels in the brain (called aneurysms). In time, virtually all of the nephrons of both kidneys either become cystic or are compressed,...

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