Polycystic kidney disease: recognition of the "adult form" (autosomal dominant) in infancy.
This case report and reports from the literature emphasize that the so-called adult form of polycystic renal disease can be diagnosed in infancy. The tern "adult form of polycystic disease" probably should be abandoned and the disease considered the autosomal dominant form of polycystic kidney disease.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D011859:Radiography