Medifocus Digest Alert on Polycystic Kidney Disease


	Polycystic Kidney Disease June 2009 Issue

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1: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a case study.

Authors: Phillips A

Institution: West Texas A&M University College of Nursing and Health Science, Canyon, TX, USA.
Journal: Nephrol Nurs J. 2009 Jan-Feb;36(1):41-7.

2: Transcatheter arterial embolization therapy for a massive polycystic liver in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients.

Authors: Park HC, Kim CW, Ro H, Moon JY, Oh KH, Kim Y, Lee JS, Yin YH, Jae HJ, Chung JW, Ahn C, Hwang YH

Institution: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Journal: J Korean Med Sci. 2009 Feb;24(1):57-61. Epub 2009 Feb 28.

3: Experience with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in patients before and after renal transplantation: a 7-year observation.

Authors: Sulikowski T, Tejchman K, Zietek Z, Rozanski J, Domanski L, Kaminski M, Sienko J, Romanowski M, Nowacki M, Pabisiak K, Kaczmarczyk M, Ciechanowski K, Ciechanowicz A, Ostrowski M

Institution: Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland. sulikowskit@wp.pl
Journal: Transplant Proc. 2009 Jan-Feb;41(1):177-80.

4: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: emerging concepts of pathogenesis and new treatments.

Authors: Braun WE

Institution: Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Transplantation Center, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Q7, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Journal: Cleve Clin J Med. 2009 Feb;76(2):97-104.

5: DNA testing for live kidney donors at risk for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Authors: Huang E, Samaniego-Picota M, McCune T, Melancon JK, Montgomery RA, Ugarte R, Kraus E, Womer K, Rabb H, Watnick T

Institution: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Journal: Transplantation. 2009 Jan 15;87(1):133-7.

6: Simultaneous bilateral native nephrectomy and living donor renal transplantation are successful for polycystic kidney disease: the University of Maryland experience.

Authors: Kramer A, Sausville J, Haririan A, Bartlett S, Cooper M, Phelan M

Institution: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
Journal: J Urol. 2009 Feb;181(2):724-8. Epub 2008 Dec 16.

7: Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and congenital hepatic fibrosis (ARPKD/CHF).

Authors: Turkbey B, Ocak I, Daryanani K, Font-Montgomery E, Lukose L, Bryant J, Tuchman M, Mohan P, Heller T, Gahl WA, Choyke PL, Gunay-Aygun M

Institution: Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Journal: Pediatr Radiol. 2009 Feb;39(2):100-11. Epub 2008 Dec 17.

8: Increases in kidney volume in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease can be detected within 6 months.

Authors: Kistler AD, Poster D, Krauer F, Weishaupt D, Raina S, Senn O, Binet I, Spanaus K, Wuthrich RP, Serra AL

Institution: Clinic for Nephrology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Journal: Kidney Int. 2009 Jan;75(2):235-41. Epub 2008 Oct 29.

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