A STUDY OF KIDNEY ANOMALIES - HYPO PLASTIC KIDNEY
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The subject of kidney anomalies has created much interest to the scientists in late 1950 and 1960 with the aim of prevention and curing. Etiological factors includes various genetic environmental factors, teratogens such as physical, chemical, nutritional, causing mutations in the genes. Hypoplastic kidney indicates small kidney that have less normal number of calices and nephrons. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The present study has been under taken on 76 kidneys from cadavers and 60 from sonograms and 40 from fetal kidneys. Kidneys identified and photographs are taken in situ wherever necessary OBSERVATION: 10 hypo plastic kidneys were observed. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: The cause for this is many birth defects, it may be unilateral or bilateral, in unilateral the other kidney shows greater compensatory group.
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Komarabattina Rattaiah, Kotikala Prabhakara Rao
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