Abstract
The authors reviewed the sonograms in 15 cases of juvenile nephronophthisis. Medullary cysts were demonstrated in 13 children with terminal uremia. The diagnostic value of ultrasound is stressed because in many cases relevant genetic and pathological data are not available.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Kidney Diseases, Cystic / complications
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Kidney Diseases, Cystic / diagnosis*
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Kidney Diseases, Cystic / genetics
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Male
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Nephritis, Interstitial / complications
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Nephritis, Interstitial / diagnosis*
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Nephritis, Interstitial / genetics
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Ultrasonography*
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Uremia / etiology*