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SUBMITTER: Lee KH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5468264 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Keum Hwa KH Gee Heon Yung HY Shin Jae Il JI
Investigative and clinical urology 20170607 Suppl 1
The definition of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) is the disease of structural malformations in the kidney and/or urinary tract containing vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). These anomalies can cause pediatric chronic kidney disease. However, the pathogenesis of CAKUT is not well understood, because identifying the genetic architecture of CAKUT is difficult due to the phenotypic heterogeneity and multifactorial genetic penetrance. We describe the current genetic basis and ...[more]