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To the Editor: In the Consortium for Radiologic Imaging Studies of Polycystic Kidney Disease (CRISP) study (May 18 issue),¹ Grantham et al. found that in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), cysts enlarged at a steady rate, as if they were programmed. The rate of renal enlargement correlated directly with the initial renal volume, independently of age.

My colleagues and I have made similar observations in children with ADPKD.² We found renal growth curves similar to those for adults in the CRISP study (Figure 1 of the article), as well as correlations between the baseline renal volume and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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