APKD

Acronym	Definition
APKD	Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (biology)
APKD	Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease

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Superior Court of Los Angeles County, a California sperm donor passed on a serious genetic condition, autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (APKD), to a baby girl.

Genetic tests are testing the law: the fast-growing field of genetic testing has raised new legal questions: who is responsible when a child is born with a severe genetic defect? And what theories, standards, and choice of law apply to these new technologies?

In the present study, combined Diabetes and hypertension was the leading cause of chronic renal failure in 44 patients (44%), followed by Diabetes in 39 patients (39%), hypertension in 13 patients (13%).Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease (APKD) in 2 patients (2%), Chronic glomerulonephritis in 1 patient (1%) and obstructive pathology in 1 patient (1%) respectively [GRAPH-1].

GRAPH 1 Frequency APKD 2 CGN 1 DM 39 DM+HTN 44 HTN 13 0B5T 1 Note: Table made from pie chart.

A clinical study of cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with chronic renal failure at VIMS Hospital, Bellary