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Autosomal dominant developmental disorder affecting both kidneys, causing them to be enlarged and contain numerous cysts which are derived from obstructed tubules.
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Polycystic Kidney Disease
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A presumed immune-mediated disease of unknown etiology that is the most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in children, it involves hyperlipidemia and lipiduria; also known as minimal change disease or nil disease.
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Lipoid Nephrosis
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Variants of primary
immune-mediated glomerulonephopathies which have a chronic course, do not respond to treatment, and slowly but inexorably progress to end-stage kidney disease, eg. IgA nephropathy (Berger's disease), and may occur in the course of systemic autoimmune diseases, most notably SLE (Lupus). |
Chronic Proliferative Glomerulonephritis
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