Polyclonal
Derived from different cells. As opposed to monoclonal.
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- Polycystic kidney disease
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The most common form of polycystic kidney disease characterized by the progressive development of innumerable cysts in the kidneys, causing hypertension, renal pain, and renal insufficiency (kidney failure). Other features of the disease can be cysts in other organs, such as the liver and ‘pancreas, intracranial aneurysms, dilatation (widening) and dissection of the aorta, and […]
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- Polycystic kidney disease, infantile
Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal recessive.