Outcome of children with multicystic dysplastic kidney: Does involved side matter?

Published in: Birth defects research (2023)

Children with MCDK predispose to renal deterioration even at normal eGFR values. Although cystatin C levels tended to increase in right-sided patients, the involved side seemed to have no significant effect on renal outcome. Hypertension was main determinant for progression to CKD in MCDK.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
young adults
ejection fraction
small cell lung cancer
blood pressure
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
tyrosine kinase