What is polycystic kidney disease?
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Polycystic kidney disease is a hereditary disease characterized by cysts in the kidney that eventually obliterate the nephrons, causing kidney failure. The early stage of this progressive degenerative disease shows few symptoms and is not detected until hypertension and already enlarged kidneys are palpated on physical examination.
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