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Analysis of causes of mortality in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: A single center study
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 09/18/09
Rahman E et al. – The study suggests that the major cause of death in patients with ADPKD was cardiovascular followed by infection, of which 42% of the deaths were due to septicemia. CNS causes of death comprised 11.36% of whom 60% had cerebrovascular events including subarachnoid hemorrhage in 20% of the patients. Uremia was the cause of death in only 2.2% of the patients in this series.
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