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Polycystic Kidney Diseases

"Polycystic Kidney Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Hereditary diseases that are characterized by the progressive expansion of a large number of tightly packed CYSTS within the KIDNEYS. They include diseases with autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inheritance.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Polycystic Kidney Diseases" by people in this website by year, and whether "Polycystic Kidney Diseases" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 12 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1994 and 1997 and 2000 and 2001 and 2004 and 2005 and 2010 and 2011 and 2012 and 2013 and 2018 and 2021
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