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MeSH Heading: Polycystic Kidney Diseases
Tree Number(s): C12.050.351.968.419.403.875; C12.200.777.419.403.875; C12.950.419.403.875; C16.131.077.717; C16.320.184.625
Unique ID: D007690
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007690
Annotation: KIDNEY, CYSTIC and MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY are also available; prefer specifics
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Version: POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DIS
Entry Term(s): Kidney, Polycystic; Polycystic Kidney; Polycystic Kidney Disease; Polycystic Kidneys; Polycystic Renal Disease
NLM Classification #: WJ 358
Public MeSH Note: 1991; see POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY 1991-2000
History Note: 1991
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Polycystic Kidney Diseases MeSH Descriptor Data 2023