[Clinical and genetic aspects of the horseshoe kidney (author's transl)].
The horseshoe kidney is a not so rare fusion anomaly of the urinary tract system. Clinical and genetic aspects of this phenomenon are shown in a case of familiar occurrence. Genetic consultation of the family must consider various inheritable possibilities and sources of this disease. The difficulty of an exact genealogical tree analysis is pointed out.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree
Klinisch-Genetische Aspekte der Hufeisenniere