Juvenile nephronophthisis: sonographic appearance in children with severe uremia.
The authors reviewed the sonograms in 15 cases of juvenile nephronophthisis. Medullary cysts were demonstrated in 13 children with terminal uremia. The diagnostic value of ultrasound is stressed because in many cases relevant genetic and pathological data are not available.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014511:Uremia / Q000209:etiology*