Mosaicism in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease revealed by genetic testing to enable living related renal transplantation.
Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) secondary to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) receive fewer living-related kidney (LRK) transplants than other groups with ESRD. This relates to the difficulties in excluding the disease in potential donors. We report a case which highlights these difficulties and, by discovery of mosaicism for a new mutation, illustrates the role of clinical and molecular genetic resources in assessing young related kidney donors for patients with ADPKD.
Connor
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Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK. andrewconnor1974@hotmail.co.uk
Lunt
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Dolling
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C
Patel
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Y
Meredith
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AL
Gardner
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A
Hamilton
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Dudley
C R K
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D009030:Mosaicism; D010375:Pedigree; D016891:Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery*