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Acute Kidney Injury due to Crescentic Glomerulonephritis in a Patient with Polycystic Kidney Disease.
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SUBMITTER: Maggard R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3731623 | biostudies-other | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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Acute Kidney Injury due to Crescentic Glomerulonephritis in a Patient with Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Case reports in nephrology and urology 20130711 2
Polycystic kidney disease is an inherited condition, characterized by the development of cysts in the kidney, as well as in other organs. Patients with polycystic kidney can suffer from the same causes of acute kidney injury as the general population. Nephritic syndrome is an uncommon cause of acute kidney injury in the general population and less common in patients with polycystic kidney disease. We report the second case of crescentic glomerulonephritis, causing acute kidney injury, in a patie ...[more]