Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease: Acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) develops in association with long-term kidney problems, especially in patients who have kidney failure and who have ... more about Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease.
Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease: Kidney disease causing kidney cysts. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease is available below.
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Acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD) develops in association with long-term kidney problems, especially in patients who have kidney failure and who have been on dialysis for a long time. Therefore it tends to occur in later years of life. It is not an inherited form of PKD. (Source: excerpt from Polycystic Kidney Disease: NWHIC)
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