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Revision as of 04:10, 16 November 2013

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Serge Korjian, Yazan Daaboul

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 ==Overview==
-Polycystic kidney disease is one of the most common genetic cause of [[chronic renal failure]] in adults.
 ==Epidemiology and Demographics==
-*Polycystic kidney disease is the most common life-threatening genetic disease, affecting approximately 7 million people worldwide. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease affects up to 1 in 1000 people, while the autosomal recessive type is estimated to occur in approximately 1 in 20,000 people.<ref name="Dalgaard_1957">{{cite journal |author=DALGAARD OZ |title=Bilateral polycystic disease of the kidneys; a follow-up of two hundred and eighty-four patients and their families |journal=Acta Med. Scand. Suppl. |volume=328 |issue= |pages=1-255 |year=1957 |pmid=13469269 |doi=}}</ref><ref name="Zerres_1998">{{cite journal |author=Zerres K, Mücher G, Becker J, ''et al'' |title=Prenatal diagnosis of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD): molecular genetics, clinical experience, and fetal morphology |journal=Am. J. Med. Genet. |volume=76 |issue=2 |pages=137-44 |year=1998 |pmid=9511976 |doi=}}</ref>
-*It affects men and women equally
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