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Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
Polycystic kidney disease inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. Patients present with progressive renal failure early in life. The autosomal recessive trait is associated with abnormalities of chromosome 6. (NCI Thesaurus)
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