familial juvenile nephronophthisis
- familial juvenile nephronophthisis
- 1. a progressive hereditary disease of the kidneys characterized clinically by anemia, polyuria, and renal loss of sodium, progressing to chronic renal failure; pathological characteristics include tubular atrophy, interstitial fibrosis, glomerular sclerosis, and medullary cysts. Called also medullary cystic disease, medullary cystic kidney disease, and juvenile nephronophthisis–medullary cystic disease complex. 2. according to some authorities, just one variant of the juvenile nephronophthisis–medullary cystic disease complex, of autosomal recessive inheritance with onset in childhood.
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