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2. Nephronophthisis - Wikipedia

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   Nephronophthisis is a genetic disorder of the kidneys which affects children. [3] It is classified as a medullary cystic kidney disease.The disorder is inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion and, although rare, is the most common genetic cause of childhood kidney failure.

3. Congenital nephrotic syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Affected children have rapid decline in kidney function resulting in end-stage renal disease within the first years of life, and require treatment with dialysis and kidney transplantation. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Most children live fairly normal life post-transplant but will spend significant time hospitalised pre-transplant and have numerous surgeries to ...

4. Multicystic dysplastic kidney - Wikipedia

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   Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is a condition that results from the malformation of the kidney during fetal development. The kidney consists of irregular cysts of varying sizes. Multicystic dysplastic kidney is a common type of renal cystic disease, and it is a cause of an abdominal mass in infants. [5]

5. Alport syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Alport syndrome is a genetic disorder [1] affecting around 1 in 5,000–10,000 children, [2] characterized by glomerulonephritis, end-stage kidney disease, and hearing loss. [3] Alport syndrome can also affect the eyes, though the changes do not usually affect vision, except when changes to the lens occur in later life. Blood in urine is universal.

6. Gitelman syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Gitelman syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive kidney tubule disorder characterized by low blood levels of potassium and magnesium, decreased excretion of calcium in the urine, and elevated blood pH. [2] It is the most frequent hereditary salt-losing tubulopathy. Gitelman syndrome is caused by disease-causing variants on both alleles of the ...

7. Kidney stones are rising among children and teens ... - AOL

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   Thirty years ago, kidney stones were considered a disease of the middle-aged white man. Now doctors are increasingly seeing a different kind of patient suffering from the extremely painful ...