Short communications prenatal detection of the autosomal recessive type of polycystic kidney disease by trehalase assay in amniotic fluid |
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| Authors: | P R Morin M Potier L Dallaire S B Melançon J Boisvert |
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| Institution: | Section de Génétique Médicale et Département de Radiologie, Centre de Recherche Pédiatrique, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3T 1C5 |
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| Abstract: | We report relatively high trehalase activity in amniotic fluid of a fetus affected with the autosomal recessive type of polycystic kidney disease (type II), suggesting that prenatal detection of this condition could be done on this basis in conjunction with ultrasonography. |
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| Keywords: | Trehalase Amniotic fluid Polycystic kidney disease |
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