Archives: August 23 – 31, 2010

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Chronic Allograft Nephropathy

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Questions

Across

• 1. The common disorder of the liver in patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
• 2. This characteristic of children is inversely related to the degree of hepatic fibrosis
• 3. Acronym for the cystic disease that has the best prognosis and rarely progresses to ESRD
• 4. Acronym for the cystic disease whose survival rate in the neonatal period is 50-70%, but increases to 80% in the next 15 years after the first month of life
• 5. This cystic kidney disease is histologically characterized as chronic sclerosing tubulointerstitial nephropathy

Down

• 6. In order to make a clinical diagnosis of ARPKD, patients must have at least one of the following: No cysts in the parents for at least 30 years, hepatitic fibrosis, a sibling with confirmed ARPKD, or parental consanguinity
• 7. The cause of mortality in ARPKD is generally due to dysfunction of this organ
• 8. Acronym for the most common genetic disorder in man, affecting 1/400-1/1000 live births
• 9. The lack of urine in the bladder and this are findings suggestive of ARPKD in the fetus
• 10. It is felt that this is a potential etiology for multicystic dysplastic kidney development
• 11. Acronym for the cystic disease that results in no functional tissue whatsoever; 20-25% will involute by approximately 2 years
• 12. Most cysts in polycystic kidney disease are not connected to this structure of the nephron

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Keep your eyes on Nephrology On-Demand for more information on the following meetings:

International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare — Abstract Deadline September 24, 2010
NKF Spring Clinical Meeting 2011 — Abstract Deadline December 3, 2010
North American Society for Dialysis and Transplantation 2010 — Abstract Deadline May 28, 2010
Southern Society for Clinical Investigation 2011 — Abstract deadline expected to be October 2010
ACP Medical Student Abstract Competition 2011 — deadline expected to be early-December 2010
ACP Resident and Fellows Abstract Competition 2011 — expected deadline not yet announced; check back in August 2010 for more information
ISN Abstract Competition 2011 — expected deadline not yet announced
American Transplant Congress 2011 — expected to be open in September 2010
International Society of Blood Purification — Abstract Deadline July August 30, 2010
Evidence 2010 — Abstract Deadline August 6, 2010