Diseases

Cystic Kidney Diseases

A heterogeneous group of hereditary and acquired disorders in which the KIDNEY contains one or more CYSTS unilaterally or bilaterally (KIDNEY, CYSTIC).

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Abstract

A heterogeneous group of hereditary and acquired disorders in which the KIDNEY contains one or more CYSTS unilaterally or bilaterally (KIDNEY, CYSTIC).

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15 entry terms
  • Cystic Renal Diseases
  • Kidney Diseases, Cystic
  • Cystic Kidney Disease
  • Cystic Renal Disease
  • Disease, Cystic Kidney
  • Disease, Cystic Renal
  • Diseases, Cystic Kidney
  • Diseases, Cystic Renal
  • Kidney Disease, Cystic
  • Renal Disease, Cystic
  • Renal Diseases, Cystic
  • Kidney, Cystic
  • Cystic Kidney
  • Cystic Kidneys
  • Kidneys, Cystic

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2006

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Previous Indexing

  • Kidney, Cystic (1975-2005)
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases (1976-2005)

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WJ 358

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cystic Kidney Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052177. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052177
  2. Cystic Kidney Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_kidney_disease
  3. Cystic Kidney Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5201211