Abstract Background and Aims Renal cystic disease (RCD) includes a spectrum of disorders with heterogenous clinical presentation. Among RCD are autosomal dominant polycystic kidney (ADPKD), recessive (ARPKD), ciliopathies, HNF1B-nephropathy, congenital anomalies the kidneys urinary tract (CAKUT). Diagnosis is based on criteria, yet, given extreme genetic heterogeneity phenotypic overlap among d...

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Critically ill neonates are at high risk of kidney injury, mainly in the first days life. Acute injury (AKI) may be underdiagnosed due to lack a uniform definition. In addition, long-term renal follow-up is limited. <b><i>Objective:</i></b> To describe incidence, etiology, and outcome developing AKI within week after birt...

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical implication of chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) in prenatal diagnosis of MCDK. METHODS Thirty-seven cases with MCDKs detected by prenatal ultrasound were enrolled in the study; 33 cases were isolated MCDKs and four cases were non-isolated MCDKs. CMA was performed on the Affymetrix CytoScan HD platform. The frequencies of the detected CNVs were compared wi...