Which of the following is a slowly progressive and irreversible disease wherein the kid-neys become riddled with thousands of multiple grapelike cysts?

a. Pyelonephritis
b. Glomerulonephritis
c. Buerger disease
d. Polycystic kidney disease


ANS: D

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